HeplerBroom

Business & Corporate

We do not use a cookie-cutter approach. We gain a thorough understanding of each client’s objectives, then apply our experience, skill, and creativity to help the client reach those goals.

We represent privately held companies in a wide array of business matters. Our attorneys are experienced in the formation of business entities, business mergers and acquisitions, litigation of business disputes, and general legal consulting. We act as needed on discrete matters or provide imbedded outside general counsel business services arrangements.

Our attorneys’ experience in business transactions enables the firm to provide clients services regarding:

  • business entity formation & structuring
  • mergers & acquisitions
  • business succession planning (shareholder, buy-sell, and other agreements)
  • corporate governance & compliance
  • shareholder/partner/member disputes
  • contract preparation & analysis
  • corporate employment matters & disputes
  • asset protection & risk management
  • asset sales & purchases
  • creditors’ rights & remedies
  • loan documentation & credit transactions
  • insurance coverage counseling & guidance
Wilson and Kosiba Secure Appellate Win for Charitable Beneficiaries of a Trust, Including Full Attorney Fees and Costs
Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in HeplerBroom Case with International Dimensions
Insler and Davis Secure Dismissal of Breach of Contract Lawsuit Against City of Waukegan
Davis and Insler Secure Securities Arbitration Award for Clients
Kaufmann and Champlin Secure Defense Verdict in St. Clair County Jury Trial
Insler Obtains Dismissal with Prejudice for Federal Loan Servicer in TCPA Lawsuit
Davis, Insler, and Leible Achieved Significant Victory in Defeating Class Certification Motion

News

Magee Named to Elite List of Powerful Business and Corporate Defense Attorneys
Davis Helps Educate Missouri Bar Association Members on Key Antitrust Trends
Five HeplerBroom Attorneys Named 2024 Missouri-Kansas Super Lawyers/Rising Star

Events

Feldman Among Featured Speakers at Washington University’s Olin Business School
Moch to Speak at State Defense Counsel Conference
Davis Speaks to Missouri Bar on Corporate Compliance Programs
George Kiser to be Speaker at Perrin Conference

Publications

When Late Is No Longer Better Than Never: Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal After 32-Month Delay in Serving Summonses
From Patchwork to Predictability: Illinois' New Receivership Act
Illinois Courts No Longer Excuse Late E-Filing
New Comprehensive Justice Department Corporate Enforcement Policy
New Federal Premerger Filing Thresholds Set
5 Keys to Crafting Non-Compete Agreements in Missouri After FTC Abandons Its Nationwide Ban
Implications of U.S. Supreme Court’s Expansion of Civil RICO Liability: An Analysis of Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn
Insurance Industry Impact: Will Tariff Uncertainty Revolutionize Risk Reviews?
Tips for Building a PFAS Defense Strategy
To File or Not to File? The Ongoing Uncertainty of the Corporate Transparency Act’s Beneficial Ownership Information Report Filing RequirementWhen Helping Hurts: Illinois Federal Court Finds Retailer May Have Assumed a Legal Duty by Assisting Customer
Employer Best Practices: Artificial Intelligence and the Illinois Human Rights Act
What the FTC’s New Ban on Noncompete Agreements Might Mean for Your Business
The FTC’s Annual HSR Threshold and Filing Fee Increases for 2024
Time for Illinois Employers to Review Their Handbooks and Policies
California Appellate Court Muzzles Corporate Representative Testimony
New Antitrust Merger Guidelines Portend Big Changes
Missouri Redaction Actions: A New Wilderness for Counsel and The Public
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Corporations Can Be Properly Sued in State Courts Wherever Registration Statutes Provide Jurisdiction
Qui Tam Relators Beware: The Federal Government Can Flip-Flop on Control of False Claims Act Cases
Cooperation with the Justice Department: The Rules are Changing
Hart-Scott 2023 Premerger Filing Fees Increase Substantially
Insurance Providers & BIPA Litigation: Are Insurers Obligated to Defend Their Insureds in BIPA Litigation?
Restrictive Covenants: Illinois’ Amended Freedom to Work Act has Serious Impact on Responsibilities of Both Employers and Employees
Seventh Circuit Affirms Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction in Illinois
Illinois Employers Face New Minimum Wages, Higher Gas Taxes, and New Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Protections
Auto Dealers and Finance Industry Beware: The FTC is Watching
The “Race of Laxity” Continues, More Reasons to Incorporate in Delaware: Enforcement of Federal Forum Selection Provisions in Corporate Charters
What’s the Outlook for Insurance Producers’ Liability if Their Clients’ COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims are Denied?
Weeding Through the Landscape of Missouri’s New Medical Marijuana Regulations
Antitrust Compliance Programs – Now More than Ever
Contemplating a Sizable Merger, Acquisition or Joint Venture?--Updated HSR Merger Notification Threshold Tests for Federal Antitrust Review Apply in March 2019
Total Eclipse of …Liability? A Cosmic Reminder of the Use and Effectiveness of Exculpatory Language in Contract
Member-managed LLCs Under Illinois Amended Limited Liability Company Act Effective July 1, 2017
An Illinois Supreme Court Reminder of What Constitutes Willful and Wanton Conduct under Tort Immunity Act: Barr v. Cunningham, 2017 IL 120751
New Trade Secret Protection Weapon
The Three-Part Guide to Understanding the Implications of the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Part III
The Three-Part Guide to Understanding the Implications of the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Part III
The Three-Part Guide to Understanding the Implications of the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Part II
The Three-Part Guide to Understanding the Implications of the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Part I
Changing Creameries: A Look Inside France’s Yogurt Cartel
The Fifth Circuit Holds that a Corporation is Not a Person—At Least for Purposes of Insurance Coverage