David Kent Staub

David Staub is an experienced Illinois business attorney. He practices primarily in the areas of corporate law, technology law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, joint ventures, and tax law. He is a trusted advisor to entrepreneurial and family-owned businesses of all sizes.

David's experience and training in business law provide him with the background to counsel his clients on a wide variety of legal issues including:

• business formation
• joint ventures and strategic business relationships
• software development contracts, licensing agreements and other technology issues
• sales agency and other distribution matters
• employment issues and executive compensation arrangements
• resolving disputes between shareholders or members

David's clients range from start-ups seeking guidance on formation of their business entity, to growing companies looking for sources of capital to fuel their growth, to maturing family-owned companies planning for the transfer of the business to the next generation. He provides advice on buying a business for those starting out or expanding their existing operations and counsels others on selling their business or pursuing other exit strategies.

David Staub has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer by the publishers of Law and Politics magazine and he is AV® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer recognition of attorneys for ethical standards and legal ability.