Bill Hubbard

"Most of Bill's professional life has centered around helping entrepreneurial clients buy, sell, and grow their businesses, such as:"

• A buyer or seller doing so for the first time.
• A multi-billion dollar private international firm expanding international operations.
• Assisting other domestic or international legal counsel on behalf of their clients.
• A host of other owners and companies across a wide spectrum of industries and sizes.

"Bill is as comfortable negotiating the business deal directly with the other owner as drafting the complex legal documents needed to protect his clients' interests and get the sought after result: a successful deal closing."

He's taught on the art of M&A to other attorneys. And taught the legal portion of an M&A certification course for and to various intermediaries and investment bankers across the country. With degrees from West Point, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (with high honors), and having a CPA and a wealth of transactional experience, Bill has been recognized by being named on the list of Illinois' Mergers and Acquisitions and Closely Held Business and "Super Lawyers" by the publishers of magazine of that name. He was also named by Corporate INTL as Business Transition Attorney of the Year in Illinois. Bill, though, makes no claim other than to use—to the utmost of his abilities—such skills as he may possess on behalf of each client whose interests he serves. And, he wants it noted, the Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize a lawyer's certifications or specialties, none of which are requisite to the practice of law.

Bill Hubbard has, as mentioned, over 30 years of experience helping lower middle-market and other businesses and their owners buy, grow, sell their companies, as well as navigate many other important matters which they face. He established Hubbard Business Counsel in 1997, after previously having been a partner in two of the largest Chicago law firms. He graduated from West Point (B.S., 1973), and the Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with high honors,1978) and is a Registered Illinois Certified Public Accountant.

Business, M & A and Securities Attorney licensed in Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts (& Illinois registered CPA) and, while not licensed in Delaware, frequently employs, and has written and lectured on, various aspects of Delaware business law. To stay current, He is a member of each of the ABA Business Law Committees or Sub-committees (e.g. Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities, Private Equity, Business Law, Taxation, Limited Liability Companies, and Middle Market and Small Business Committees) and Chicago Bar Association Sub-committees (Mergers and Acquisition, Securities, Taxation), the American Institute of CPAs, the Illinois CPA Society, the Association for Corporate Growth, Alliance of M & A Advisors, and the Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries Association. He is a former Director and Education Committee Chair of the National Crowdfunding Association. He helped found, and chaired during its first year, the Middle-Market Pillar of the Private Directors Association. He is a former Director and Past President of the West Point Society of Chicago. He served as an airborne and ranger trained infantry officer for the U.S. Army Judge Advocate Corps prosecutor and Officer-In-Charge in Berlin and as an Army prosecutor in Augsburg, Germany. Bill, and his wife, Susan, split their time between the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago and the Catskill Mountains of New York.