ARNSTEIN & LEHR
Arnstein & Lehr may be old, but it’s nimble. Founded in 1893, the Chicago-based law firm has positioned itself to provide specialty services to big clients and broad-based services to midsize companies. Besides high-end products liability defense work, it also handles high-dollar real estate matters. This year, it represented distressed developer South Florida Federal Partners in a $100 million sale of four office buildings. In addition, it orchestrated the $14.5 million secondary public stock offering of Celsius Holdings. Clients include Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson and KeyBank, according to court records. It is currently representing Hoffman Estates, Ill., a Chicago suburb, in a bid to assume ownership of the Sears Center Arena, built in 2006 for $62 million.
