Corporate Law

Corporate Law Representation

From Wheaton and the Loop

Business Formation ▪ Commercial Transactions ▪ Employment Agreements

Whether you own an existing business or are considering starting one, you face crucial questions when choosing a business entity. Each organizational structure, whether a closely held corporation, an S-corporation, a C-corporation,  or an LLC, has different tax consequences and different structural characteristics. Once your business is established, your company requires sound counsel as you develop employment agreements and policies, and as you negotiate contracts and perform other transactions.

The law firm of Esp, Kreuzer, Cores & McLaughlin, LLP represents businesses like yours in business formation, employment agreements, and corporate transactions, and commercial disputes.

Our attorneys represent business owners throughout Chicago and its suburbs from our offices in Wheaton and the downtown Loop. Contact attorney Kenneth McLaughlin through this Web site or by calling (630) 871-1002.

Depending on whether your business is just starting up or is well established, a corporate attorney from Esp, Kreuzer, Cores & McLaughlin, LLP can represent you during:

  • Business formation: including financing issues, buy-sell agreements, business entity choice, drafting of bylaws and articles of incorporation, and employment agreements
  • Business expansion and management: including mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate contracts, partnership agreements, employment agreements, and other employee issues
  • Dissolution of business: including sales of business capital, assessment of debts and assets, mergers, and transfers of shares
  • Employment
  • Labor disputes: Union issues, employment agreements, noncompetition agreements, confidentiality agreements, collective bargaining agreements 
  • Estate planning : including asset protection, business succession planning, estate tax issues, life insurance policies, and ownership issues

A successful corporate attorney spends the time necessary to understand all aspects of your business. Each business faces different challenges that require a creative legal approach. The lawyers of Esp, Kreuzer, Cores & McLaughlin, LLP understand the importance of offering personalized representation for each of their clients.

Our attorneys represent businesses ranging from construction contractors, manufacturers, service providers, hospitals, professionals, banks, and credit unions. Each client receives attentive and personalized advice about their commercial or corporate law issue.

To learn more about our corporate law practice, call the law office of Esp, Kreuzer, Cores & McLaughlin, LLP at (630) 871-1002 or contact attorney Kenneth McLaughlin through this Web site.


Wheaton 400 S. County Farm Road Suite 200, Wheaton, Illinois 60187 Phone: (630) 871-1002 Facsimile: (630) 871-0224
Chicago 55 West Monroe Street Suite 3700 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Telephone: (312) 425-9933
Oswego 195 Kendall Pointe Drive Suite 15 Oswego, Illinois 60543

From offices in Wheaton, IL and the Loop, the Chicago law firm of Esp, Kreuzer, Cores & McLaughlin LLP represents businesses and individual clients throughout the state of Illinois, in communities such as Waukegan, Rockford, Elgin, Naperville, Aurora, Geneva, St. Charles, Yorkville, Oswego, Orland Park, Hammond, Springfield, Joliet, Peoria, and Decatur.

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