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Krasnow Saunders Cornblath LLP : Who We Are : Richard Yant
Richard Demarest Yant
Richard Demarest Yant

Phone : (312) 832-7895
Fax : (312) 755-5720
Email ryant@ksc-law.com
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Practice Areas :
 Business Law and Transactions
 Finance and Lending
 Real Estate
Education :
Purdue University, 1977, Bachelor of Science, 1979, Master of Science
University of Illinois College of Law, 1982, J.D.
R.D. focuses his practice on general business and financing transactions, including business sales and acquisitions, equipment financing, loan and commercial real estate transactions. R.D. obtained BS and MS degrees from Purdue University and his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law.

R.D. has authored or co-authored articles dealing with real estate and land use law and has been a speaker on matters relating to secured lending, equipment financing and railroad transactions. Prior to joining Krasnow Saunders Cornblath, R.D. was a partner in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw and associate general counsel for an entrepreneur-owned holding company, which held interests in a variety of businesses across the country.

Some of R.D.'s recent representations include:

Cash-out merger of family-owned medical supply business into subsidiary of Fortune 500 company;

Sale by Japanese-owned leasing company of portfolio of 700 railroad freight cars and lessor's interests under leases with four lessees;

Liquidation of family-owned businesses, which included a grain possessing business, a bulk material handling business, a horticultural products business and an inland marine fleeting and switching business, with facilities located in Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and New Mexico, in a series of ten transactions;

Mezzanine loans relating to acquisition or development of real estate located in California, Texas, Illinois, New York, Virginia, and the District of Columbia;

Acquisition by Australian-owned leasing company of portfolio, including 900 railroad freight cars and the lessor's interests under leases with six lessees;

Construction loans for residential condominium and hotel projects in Illinois and Colorado;

Senior secured loans for assemblage of properties located in Midtown Manhattan.
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