Brian is a partner in the firm’s Corporate & Securities group, advising startups, growth-stage businesses, operating companies, funds, individuals, and investors primarily on entity formations, restructuring, venture financings, private investments, M&A and strategic transactions, across a wide range of industries.
Brian combines legal expertise with an investor’s perspective to help clients actualize progress and achieve success. With deep insight into the challenges faced by early-stage and high-growth companies, Brian guides clients through complex decisions with practical advice that is easy to understand. His approach balances business objectives with legal frameworks, ensuring efficient, effective solutions that align with market realities. Clients trust Brian to identify strategic goals, navigate legal, practical, and business issues, and deliver results that drive growth.
In 2025, Brian was named one of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s “40 Under Forty 2025 – Illinois Attorneys to Watch,” which noted his approach to uncharted legal territories and his ability to seek “innovative ways to help clients succeed where others see obstacles.” Brian does not shy away from novel concepts or industries; he is always seeking to understand a client’s unique needs and finding creative ways to address them.
As a member of the founding team of 1871, Chicago’s leading technology incubator, Brian has been deeply involved in the growth and development of the city’s venture and tech industry for the last 14 years. As a principal of his own investment group, Chicago Early Growth Ventures, Brian has facilitated investments in over 120 startups. He is a frequent guest lecturer at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and at major industry events like Tech Week Chicago and the Lofty Angels Summit.
Brian is a member of Chicago’s Tech Equity Working Group, a cohort of accelerators, incubators, funds, and ecosystem supporters focusing on city-wide solutions and collective infrastructure to address gender and racial inequities for Chicago-based tech founders. Extending his commitment to the community, Brian has also been involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago for over 13 years, as well as Culinary Care, a nonprofit providing meals to cancer patients and their families during treatment.
