Peter Spier
Practice Expertise
- Commercial Finance
- Sports, Entertainment and Media Industry
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Finance
- Sports, Entertainment and Media Industry
- Corporate Group
Profile
Start-to-finish business law guidance for privately held companies, PE, VC
Peter Spier provides a wide range of business law counsel to privately held companies, private equity funds and venture capital investors. He helps them structure and negotiate complex mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, debt and equity financings, and other strategic transactions. In addition, Peter advises clients on a wide range of day-to-day operational, compliance and strategic issues, frequently serving as outside general counsel to middle-market and early-stage companies. He represents clients across a broad spectrum of industries, but has particularly extensive experience in:
Gaming and hospitality
Technology
Renewable energy
Peter is sought ought by clients for his acumen as a highly responsive advisor, his deep and broad knowledge of the law and how it affects his clients' businesses, as well as his ability to guide clients during every phase of a business' life span.
Peter Spier provides a wide range of business law counsel to privately held companies, private equity funds and venture capital investors. He helps them structure and negotiate complex mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, debt and equity financings, and other strategic transactions. In addition, Peter advises clients on a wide range of day-to-day operational, compliance and strategic issues, frequently serving as outside general counsel to middle-market and early-stage companies. He represents clients across a broad spectrum of industries, but has particularly extensive experience in:
Gaming and hospitality
Technology
Renewable energy
Peter is sought ought by clients for his acumen as a highly responsive advisor, his deep and broad knowledge of the law and how it affects his clients' businesses, as well as his ability to guide clients during every phase of a business' life span.
Bar Admissions
Illinois
Education
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Certificate, Quarles & Brady Leadership Program (2022)
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law (J.D.)
Dean's List
University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude)
Economics
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Finance
- Sports, Entertainment and Media Industry
- Corporate Group
Professional Career
Articles
"Ahead of the Curve. A Look at Business & Legal Trends" "Big Brother is Watching...Or Should Be: Employee E-Mail Misconduct May Be Costly for Business" "Daily Fantasy Sports: A Legal Primer" "Daily Fantasy Sports: Is it Legal or Illegal?" "Gaming Law News" "Illinois Video Gaming Act and Emergency Rules: What You Need to Know" "Legalized Sports Betting in a Post-PASPA World - What You Need to Know" "New EU Privacy Law Targets U.S. Businesses, Too" "Retaining Management While Executing a Liquidity Event" "Rumored DraftKings, FanDuel Merger Would be Uphill Battle" "Sports Law Society Panel on Legalizing Sports Betting" "Sports Law Symposium" "The Fundamentals of Skill-Based Gaming Regulations: What You Need to Know" "The Video Gaming Act" "Understanding the Fundamentals of Fantasy Sports Legal Framework" "Vegas Comes to the Corner Pub" "Workplace Gambling: High Stakes Ethical Dilemmas" Protecting Plant Medicines & Cannabis 201 - Opportunities For Tribal Cannabis in Wisconsin and Beyond
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