Bartlit Beck LLP is a Chicago and Denver-based law firm founded in 1993 [1] by Fred Bartlit, Jr. (born 1932 [2] ), Phil Beck (born 1951 [3] ), Skip Herman (born 1953 [4] ), James Palenchar, Don Scott (deceased), [5] and Mark Ferguson. The firm is a spin-off of Chicago-based law firm Kirkland and Ellis. The American Lawyer magazine named the firm its litigation boutique of the year for 2009. [6] In 2018, the firm named Jason Peltz as managing partner to replace founding partner Skip Herman. [7] In 2020, Benchmark Litigation named Bartlit Beck its trial firm of the year. [8] The firm is an Illinois limited liability partnership. [9]
Bartlit Beck's corporate practice focuses on middle-market mergers and acquisitions (negotiated and hostile), securities offerings and compliance issues, corporate finance, fund formation, tax matters, and counselling on sensitive corporate governance matters.