Based at Masuda Funai, German native Riebana Sachs focuses her practice on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and dissolutions for clients in the US, Germany, Japan, and Europe. Sachs' client base ranges from startups to sophisticated corporations across the manufacturing and technology industries. Sachs also has a well-established employment practice, where she can advise on deal-related employment and severance agreements
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Work Department
Corporate, Finance & Acquisitions
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Principal

Career

Riebana Sachs is a principal in Masuda Funai’s Corporate and M&A practice group. bringing a sophisticated international perspective to complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Her experience with complex domestic and cross-border transactions across a wide variety of industries, allows her to seamlessly bridge legal and commercial expectations for foreign as well as domestic enterprises. Clients value her pragmatic, business-oriented counsel, exceptional responsiveness, and ability to navigate multi-jurisdictional complexities with precision.

Riebana's corporate practice encompasses the full life cycle of corporate governance and strategic growth, including foreign direct investments, complex cross-border acquisitions, domestic mergers, and corporate restructurings. In addition to transactional matters, she regularly counsels multinational and domestic corporations on entity selection, maintenance, intercompany service agreements, and compliance with federal and state regulations. Her ability to align legal strategies with overall corporate objectives makes her a trusted advisor to executives, board members, and in-house legal teams alike.

Admissions: Illinois

Memberships

American Bar Association

Education

J.D., DePaul University College of Law, magna cum laude, 2016

B.S. Psychology, Iowa State University, summa cum laude, 2010

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