Alan S. Madans

Partner

madans@rbmchicago.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • Commercial and Industrial Real Estate
  • General Business Practice
  • Employment Law
  • Business Litigation

EDUCATION

  • J.D., Duke University, with distinction, 1981 (Editor-in-Chief, Duke Law Journal)
  • B.A., Northwestern University, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 1978

EXPERIENCE

  • Law clerk to Judge James L. Oakes, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1981-82.
  • Law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun, United States Supreme Court, 1982-83.

ADMISSIONS

  • Supreme Court of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Mr. Madans enjoys a varied practice. A large part of his work involves the representation of owners of office and industrial properties in connection with their ongoing leasing and property management activities. He also regularly represents the buyers and sellers of commercial and industrial real estate, and of small and medium-sized businesses, in connection with purchase, sale, and financing transactions. Mr. Madans also represents parties in public-private partnership transactions involving the financing and development of real estate.


Another substantial portion of Mr. Madans's practice involves counseling clients involved in a wide range of business endeavors. In addition to preparing contracts and providing advice on strategic matters, he seeks solutions to business conflicts in an effort to help clients avoid litigation where possible, and to position themselves advantageously for those lawsuits that cannot or should not be avoided.


This same approach carries over to Mr. Madans's employment-law practice, in which he represents both employers and employees on issues of severance, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, and trade secrets.


Mr. Madans also conducts a business litigation practice that emphasizes complex and contract litigation in the state and federal trial and appellate courts, and before assorted arbitration tribunals. His more recent cases range from disputes over trade secrets and restrictive covenants; to multi-district antitrust litigation alleging international price-fixing conspiracies; to claims against various hedge funds for repayment of $1 billion in various Notes and Indentures.

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