Russell I. Shapiro

Partner

2 North LaSalle Street Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Tel
312.476.7560
Fax
312.346.8434
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Russell is a partner at LP and chairs the firm’s Corporate Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and management buy-outs. He also serves as outside counsel to several businesses, and as a Certified Public Accountant, brings significant tax and financial understanding to corporate transactions.

Clients have recognized Russell’s business judgment, and he serves on several boards of directors and advisory panels. Russell has served as an expert witness on merger and takeover transactions.

As an outgrowth of his corporate, CPA and tax backgrounds, Russell acts as counsel to professional service organizations, including accounting firms, law firms, advertising agencies, consulting firms and investment bankers and advises them concerning their partnership agreements, and in mergers and acquisitions.

Russell often speaks and writes on various corporate issues, and his recent publications include: Private Company Mergers for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s Business Law Series and an article on accounting firm partnerships in the CPA Practice Management Forum.
Memberships
  • Chicago Bar Association - Corporation and Business Law Committee
  • American Bar Association - Corporate Law Section
  • Appointed Northbrook Industrial & Commercial Development Commission
Honors and Awards
  • AV Rated - Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
  • Named as a Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network
  • Listed in SuperLawyers 2010
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Bar Admissions
  • Illinois, 1989
Education
  • University of Illinois, B.S., 1986, with highest honors, Accounting
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1989