Aaron Gilltt > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Seyfarth Shaw LLP
233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 8000
CHICAGO, IL 60606 - 6448
ILLINOIS
United States
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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner

Career

From startup to sale, Aaron represents clients in all aspects of their businesses, providing practical legal advice and making the connections that help them grow at every stage.

Aaron enjoys working with a diverse group of clients—from early-stage entrepreneurs to multinational private and public companies. Each transaction or matter provides a unique set of challenges, to which Aaron provides creative, client-centric solutions.

Aaron makes it a priority to deliver legal services on time and on budget, frequently using advanced technology to increase efficiency. For instance, he worked with the firm’s in-house technology innovation team to automate the closing process in an M&A or finance transaction. The solution saves time (and client money) and has the potential to eliminate user error at a critical stage in any transaction.

Aaron focuses his practice on M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance, commercial finance, and commercial contracts. He regularly represents clients in mergers and acquisitions and other business development opportunities, such as joint ventures, ESOPs, and private debt and equity offerings.

Aaron strategizes on the business and legal aspects of negotiating transactions and corporate governance, advising clients on the ideal form of organization, operating/stockholder agreements, and commercial transactions. He also advises lenders and borrowers in the negotiation, structuring, and documentation of acquisition financings and other senior secured loans. In addition, Aaron acts as outside counsel to clients of all sizes, including some of the largest companies in the world, to draft and negotiate commercial contracts to support the needs of the business.

Education

  • JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of TechnologyMagna cum laudeOrder of the CoifCertificate in Business Law
  • BA, University of Wisconsin – MadisonWith distinction

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)

(Next Generation Partners)

Aaron Gillett – Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw LLP possesses a full-service M&A group that acts for a broad scope of start-ups, multinational companies, and private equity funds on acquisitions, disposals, and investment transactions. The practice is historically recognized for its experience in the TMT, life sciences, manufacturing, and food and beverage sectors, while it additionally boosted its transactional energy capability with the recent hire of Houston-based Christopher Cottrell from Polsinelli PC. In Chicago, department co-chair Suzanne Saxman contributes diverse industry experience, with strong showings in M&A involving the gaming, financial services, and waste management spheres. Andrew Lucano co-chairs the team from New York and maintains a broad corporate practice spanning M&A, capital markets, and governance issues. In Houston, Paul Pryzant specializes in representing strategic buyers, private equity funds, and portfolio companies in middle-market deals, while Stanley Bloch is an experienced M&A partner in New York. The team additionally draws on up-and-coming practitioners Aaron Gillett and Breanne Vaclavik, both of whom are based in Chicago.