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Arieh M. Flemenbaum 
Chicago, Illinois
phone (312) 236-8110
fax (312) 236-6724
email Email Me (Ari's direct email address)

Arieh M. Flemenbaum is admitted to practice in Illinois and in Florida. Ari focuses in the areas of business and commercial law, business transactions and contracts, business succession, commercial real estate matters, internet, e-commerce and technology licensing, estate planning and probate administration. Ari is fluent in Spanish, proficient in French and Hebrew.

  • Business & Commercial Law: Ari counsels businesses concerning formation, organization, ownership and management structuring, buy-sell and other shareholder agreements, mergers, sales and acquisition transactions, dissolutions, turnarounds and business succession.
  • Business Transactions: Ari also guides businesses concerning their daily operations, including reviewing, revising and drafting a variety of contracts, purchase orders, warranties and sales forms, website terms of use and disclaimers; developing employment policies, employee and executive compensation and termination/severance packages, "phantom stock" and other incentive and pension programs; and addressing loans and financing needs for expansion, working capital and new ventures.
  • Business Succession: Ari also provides closely-held businesses, family businesses, and partnerships with asset protection planning; wealth management services, including ensuring collaboration and co-operation between your business and financial teams (i.e., your accountant, financial advisor and banker); and coordinating your individual estate plan with your business succession planning.
  • Commercial Real Estate: Ari advises clients in purchases, sales & 1031 ("Starker") exchanges, commercial development, leasing, landlord-tenant matters, construction contracts, mechanic's liens and real estate financing.
  • Internet, E-Commerce & Technology: Ari assists business owners to capture and maximize their rights and benefits in their intellectual property, including, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, software source codes, and technology; prepares agreements for development, professional services and maintenance services and licensing, linking and co-branding agreements; assists business owners to expand their established business into the internet and e-commerce and navigate advertising and traffic management issues;
  • Client and Industry Focus: Ari represents business owners - entrepreneurs, start-ups, established businesses, closely-held businesses and their management in many industries, including manufacturing, transportation, logistics, packaging, printing, software developers and integrators, e-commerce specialists, media and advertising, entertainment and commercial real estate development and construction.
  • Areas of Practice:
    Business Transactions & Commercial Contracts
    Commercial Lending, Finance & Secured Transactions
    Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
    Commercial Real Estate Transactions & Leasing
    Estate Planning & Business Succession
    Bar Admissions:
    Illinois, 1996
    Florida, 1997
    Education:
    Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
    J.D.


    University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
    Visiting Scholar


    Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993
    B.A.
    Major:  International Relations
    Major:  French Studies


    Classes/Seminars Taught:
    Commercial Real Estate & Finance, Lorman Education Services, September 17, 2008


    Commercial Real Estate & Finance, Lorman Education Services, September 27, 2007


    Estate Planning, Merrill Lynch, 2001 - 2002


    Honors and Awards:
    Founding Member, Tulane Honor Society, 1990 - 1992


    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    Chicago Bar Association, 1996 - Present
    Member


    Illinois State Bar Association, 1996 - Present
    Member


    Past Employment Positions:
    Sugar, Friedberg & Rosenthal, Associate, 2001 - 2002


    Rosenthal & Schanfield, Associate, 1999 - 2001


    Cowan & Minetz, Associate, 1996 - 1999


    United States Coast Guard, Law Clerk, 1994 - 1995


    Languages:
    Spanish
    Hebrew

    Griffith & Jacobson, LLC

    55 West Monroe Street
    Suite 3550
    Chicago, IL 60603

    (312) 236-8110 (phone)
    (312) 236-6724 (fax)