Markus May is a client focused and service oriented business attorney with knowledge in a broad range of industries. He helps clients complete business transactions including the purchase and sale of businesses.

 

Markus often represents clients desiring to start a new business on choice of entity decisions, forming entities and maintaining company compliance with regulatory requirements. He advises clients on how to avoid disputes and litigation and how to structure contracts and leases to minimize risk and maximize future benefits.

 

Markus speaks frequently at seminars on buying and selling businesses and has been a guest speaker on Chicago radio. Markus previously worked as a business manager and is very familiar with business drivers and financial concepts and relates well to business owners and managers dealing with financial matters.

 

 

Markus currently serves as a member of the Corporations, Securities & Business Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association where is the Vice Chair for 2009 - 2010 as well as the Chicago Bar Association where he serves as Chairman of the Corporation and Business Law Committee. He previously served for three years on the DuPage County Bar Association Publication Board and Business Law Committee. He is a member of the Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries Board of Directors and was a recipient of their 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 Collaboration Awards. 

 

Markus has published numerous legal articles related to business law including protecting business owners from personal liability, purchasing and selling businesses, and pre-acquisition agreements. Markus was a regular columnist for the Naperville Sun Law Talk newspaper column.

 

Markus received a Bachelors degree in Marketing and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Colorado where he served on the Law Review and was class president.