Peter J. Faust
O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing S.C.
111 E. Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 1400
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
53202
Suite 1400
Phone:
414.276.5000
Fax:
414.276.6581
Pete assists buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders, and investors with a wide range of corporate law matters: including, mergers and acquisitions, formation and organization of new businesses, and contract negotiations. The head of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, Pete has successfully closed more than 100 mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions involving public and private companies.
Pete Assists Clients With
- Mergers, acquisitions, and recapitalizations of businesses
- Private equity and venture capital financing
- Private offerings of debt and equity securities
- Securities laws issues
- Complex contractual matters and negotiations
- Business financing and loan documentation for borrowers and lenders
- Formation of new businesses and exit strategies
- Covenants not to compete and confidentiality agreements
- Corporate governance issues
- Tax-exempt organizations
Awards/Distinctions
- Selected as a Wisconsin Super Lawyer in 2005-2009 Law & Politics and Milwaukee Magazine
- Editor-in-Chief, Marquette Law Review
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating – AV Preeminent, reflecting an attorney who has reached the height of professional excellence and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity
Articles/Presentations
- “The Enforceability of Employment-Related Covenants Not to Compete” - Corporate Practice Institute Seminar
- “Noncompete Covenants in Other Agreements” (Sale of Business, Shareholder, Franchise, etc.) - Lorman Education Services seminars
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association’s Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions
- State Bar of Wisconsin’s Chapter 180 Subcommittee of the Business Law Section (which reviews and revises Wisconsin’s Business Corporation Law: Chapter 180 of the Wisconsin Statutes)