PRACTICE AREAS
AT WORK
Mitchell S. Roth is an accomplished attorney with a unique blend of business, financial and legal acumen. He advises a wide range of clients, including entrepreneurs, closely held businesses and public companies involved in manufacturing, distribution, investment banking, private equity, financial services, real estate development, technology and other industries. Mitchell also serves as outside general counsel to many of the firm's largest clients.
Drawing on his in-depth understanding of the many factors that contribute to business success, Mitchell provides far-reaching, coordinated and effective counsel to his clients. He helps negotiate and structure joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, syndications, commercial lending transactions, management buyouts, financings, venture capital transactions and private placements, among other areas of service. In addition, he offers guidance on complex tax matters related to deal structuring, as well as corporate and succession planning. He is also a member of the firm's Financial Crisis Response Team.
Complementing his legal practice, Mitchell has significant experience as an entrepreneur and serves as an officer, director and owner of a successful national home warranty company. This unique background has allowed Mitchell to share like experiences with his clientele. A certified public accountant, he also worked in the tax department of KPMG Peat Marwick and in the audit department of Arthur Andersen's London office prior to beginning his legal practice.
Mitchell currently serves on the firm's Management Committee, chairs the Lateral Task Force and has been an important contributor to the expansion of the client base and service offerings at Much Shelist.
IN THE PROFESSION
Mitchell is a regular speaker on corporate and tax issues at conferences and seminars sponsored by industry and legal organizations. He is also the author of published articles on corporate and tax law topics.
A member of the American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations, Mitchell chaired the Tax Law Committee of the CBA's Young Lawyers Division. He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization, the Chicago Business Forum, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society. In 2002, Mitchell was selected by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as one of the "40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch." He has been recognized by the Leading Lawyers Network as a top Illinois lawyer in the area of closely and privately held business law (2008-2010).
IN THE COMMUNITY
Mitchell has long been a supporter of civic and charitable causes in metropolitan Chicago and beyond. Through his family's private foundation, he has provided direct funding for various children's charities, the American Cancer Society and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, as well as programs for the developmentally disabled and summer camps for underprivileged children.
Together with four other members of the Management Committee, all graduates of the University of Illinois, Mitchell recently created the Much Shelist Scholarships. These merit-based financial grants will be awarded to two University of Illinois College of Business students annually.
BACKGROUND
DePaul University
LL.M. in Taxation (anticipated degree 2010)
University of Illinois College of Law
J.D., cum laude, 1992
University of Illinois
B.S., magna cum laude, 1989
Certified Public Accountant
Mitchell is admitted to practice in Illinois.
RELATED ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
Laterals in Chicago, National Law Journal Letters to the Editor (pdf)
Preparing for Year-End in an Economic Downturn:
What You Should Know, What You Should Do