Robert Connolly

Rob is a partner in and leader of Levenfeld Pearlstein’s Corporate Group and has been with the firm since its inception.

Rob works with buyers, sellers, investors and operators of privately-held businesses throughout the company’s life-cycle. He helps his clients strategize, structure, negotiate, and close complex business transactions for a variety of matters across a range of industries. His clients include buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions transactions, companies undergoing meaningful growth or transition, private equity sponsors and others who buy, invest in or operate privately-held companies. He serves as “outside general counsel” for a number of his clients.

Rob’s areas of concentration include:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Strategic Planning
• Equity Investments, Restructurings and Recapitalizations
• Corporate Governance and Partnership/Shareholder Agreements
• Joint Ventures, Capital Raises and Private Placements
• Private Investment Fund Formations
• IT Agreements (consulting, SaaS/”cloud,” managed services, outsourcing).
• Complex Commercial Agreements

• The John Marshall Law Review
• American Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• A Giving Heart Foundation, Board Member