For the second year in a row, Ice Miller is proud to congratulate partner Christina Fugate for being named a Legal Eagle by the Franchise Times for her work in transactional and litigation franchise law. The Legal Eagle list is built with nominations and recommendations from clients, peers and other legal professionals.

The “Interview with an Investment Banker” blog series features Chase Stuart, who interviews investment bankers working across a variety of industries, geographies and markets. This blog is the third of the series and summarizes Chase’s interview with Brian Alas of Boxwood Partners.

Brian is a Managing Director at Boxwood Partners, specializing in M&A advisory services. He has more than 12 years of experience providing advisory services to both private equity and strategic investors in a variety of sectors, including consumer products, transportation and logistics, and franchising.

Ice Miller LLP and Ice Miller Strategies LLC are excited to announce they are forming an alliance with John Pence of Pence Strategy Group to work on a broad range of issues relating to public and political affairs, strategic communications and business development.

The “Interview with an Investment Banker” blog series features Chase Stuart, who interviews investment bankers working across a variety of industries, geographies and markets. This blog is the second of the series and summarizes Chase’s interview with Timothy Sznewajs of D.A. Davidson and Co. J.C. Brown also participated in this interview.

Tim is a Managing Director and Head of Diversified Industrials Investment Banking at D.A. Davidson and Co., where he focuses on Infrastructure Services and Building Products & Construction Materials. He has served the lower middle-market in the infrastructure sector for nearly 20 years and is responsible for originating and leading numerous high-profile infrastructure industry transactions.

To recognize the incredible pro bono efforts of those at Ice Miller, each year Director of Pro Bono Activities Diane Menashe selects five honorees to receive the “Director’s Pro Bono Award.” The Firm donates $500 to the nonprofit selected by each honoree. Get to know 2020 honoree Maria Flores.

To recognize the incredible pro bono efforts of those at Ice Miller, each year Director of Pro Bono Activities Diane Menashe selects five honorees to receive the “Director’s Pro Bono Award.” The Firm donates $500 to the nonprofit selected by each honoree. Get to know 2020 honoree Jessa DeGroote.

To recognize the incredible pro bono efforts of those at Ice Miller, each year Director of Pro Bono Activities Diane Menashe selects five honorees to receive the “Director’s Pro Bono Award.” The Firm donates $500 to the nonprofit selected by each honoree. Get to know 2020 honoree Vincent Mora.

To recognize the incredible pro bono efforts of those at Ice Miller, each year Director of Pro Bono Activities Diane Menashe selects five honorees to receive the “Director’s Pro Bono Award.” The Firm donates $500 to the nonprofit selected by each honoree. Get to know 2020 honoree Onica Matsika.

To recognize the incredible pro bono efforts of those at Ice Miller, each year Director of Pro Bono Activities Diane Menashe selects five honorees to receive the “Director’s Pro Bono Award.” The Firm donates $500 to the nonprofit selected by each honoree. Get to know 2020 honoree Kishala Srivastava.

The "Interview with an Investment Banker" blog series features Chase Stuart, who interviews various investment bankers representing a variety of industries, geographies and markets. This is the first in that series and summarizes Chase's interview with Steven M. Rathbone of Stout.

Steven is a Managing Director in Stout’s Investment Banking Group. He has more than 17 years of experience providing investment banking, strategic advisory and corporate financial services, with a primary focus on sell-side mergers and acquisitions. He primarily serves privately held middle-market clients. Steven's expertise spans a wide range of industries but is primarily concentrated in Diversified Industrials (services and supply) and Automotive (tire/wheel distribution, manufacturing and service; parts distribution; automotive service; e-commerce).