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.

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

• "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

Seminar

• Building a Winning Transaction Team
• Building Your Winning Advisory Team
• Business Law Training: Navigating a Successful Exit: Critical Actions and Considerations Before Putting Your Business Up for Sale
• Business Law Training: Navigating a Successful Exit: How Business Owners Can Avoid Common Pitfalls and Close the Sale
• Business Law Training: Navigating the New Normal: A Guide for In-House Counsel
• Business Law Training: Supply Chain Issues in These Troubled Times
• High Growth, High Stakes: The Role of the Board in Scaling Companies
• Legalized Sports Betting in a Post-PASPA World - What You Need to Know
• Quarles Insights: Join Quarles for our two-part M&A webinar series, The Big Exit: What Owners Need to Know About Selling Their Company
• Retaining Management While Executing a Liquidity Event
• Sports Law Society Panel on Legalizing Sports Betting
• Taking Your Family Business to Market
• The State of Middle Market M&A