Edward J.Karlin
Partner
Corporate
ekarlin@seyfarth.com
Ed brings incredible depth to a wide range of corporate transactions, whether buying and selling a business, financing a transaction, or negotiating a commercial contract.
More About Ed
Clients view each problem they face as a business problem, not just a legal problem. They look for advice and counsel to help them identify, address, and resolve those business problems. Ed provides reasoned analysis and straightforward solutions to guide his clients through the challenges they face.
Ed focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, lending transactions, and board governance issues. He also represents a broad range of manufacturing and service businesses that range from global enterprises to smaller family owned businesses.
For more than four decades, Ed has been involved in and experienced a wide variety of issues. He began his practice trying litigation matters and handling labor and employment matters. That experience added to his service on boards of directors allows him to understand and take the perspective of many of his clients.
Ed is a skilled negotiator who works well on all sides of the deal. For example, he once revived a complex global supply agreement that had stalled. In just 30 days, he was able to identify all the issues, achieve compromise solutions to each issue with the opposing party, and draft the necessary language to complete the transaction. The client was thrilled.
"I think that what distinguishes me is the level of service that I deliver to each engagement. No matter how busy I am, each client needs to feel that the problem we are facing at that moment is the most important problem on my desk."
Ed loves bringing the complex pieces of a transaction or negotiation together into a successfully completed deal. He also enjoys collaborating with practitioners across the firm to solve complex problems that cover a broad spectrum of legal disciplines. To quote Ed: "The breadth and depth of our other practice disciplines never ceases to amaze me."
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
Ed focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, lending transactions, and board governance issues. He also represents a broad range of manufacturing and service businesses that range from global enterprises to smaller family owned businesses.
For more than four decades, Ed has been involved in and experienced a wide variety of issues. He began his practice trying litigation matters and handling labor and employment matters. That experience added to his service on boards of directors allows him to understand and take the perspective of many of his clients.
Ed is a skilled negotiator who works well on all sides of the deal. For example, he once revived a complex global supply agreement that had stalled. In just 30 days, he was able to identify all the issues, achieve compromise solutions to each issue with the opposing party, and draft the necessary language to complete the transaction. The client was thrilled.
"I think that what distinguishes me is the level of service that I deliver to each engagement. No matter how busy I am, each client needs to feel that the problem we are facing at that moment is the most important problem on my desk."
Ed loves bringing the complex pieces of a transaction or negotiation together into a successfully completed deal. He also enjoys collaborating with practitioners across the firm to solve complex problems that cover a broad spectrum of legal disciplines. To quote Ed: "The breadth and depth of our other practice disciplines never ceases to amaze me."
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
- JD, Northwestern University School of Law
- BA, Indiana University
Phi Beta Kappa
- Illinois
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Related Services
- Represented a privately held ambulance company in the sale of all assets, including a garage facility contaminated by petroleum spills.
- Represented a rail car manufacturer in the sale of selected assets, including contaminated repair facilities.
- Represented a privately owned conglomerate in the purchase of the assets associated with a steel and wire business through a Section 363 bankruptcy sale.
- Represented a family enterprise in the sale of printing business to a private equity firm.
- Represented a family enterprise in the purchase of printing business from private equity firm.
- Represented an executive outplacement firm in the sale of 51% of the equity of the US-based firm to a European outplacement firm.
- Represented a private entrepreneur in the sale of their temporary placement business to a publicly held company.
- Represented an executive outplacement firm in the purchase of assets of an Atlanta, Georgia-based outplacement firm.
- Represented the US subsidiary of a foreign manufacturer in negotiating a worldwide supply contract with an international consumer products company.
- Represented a privately held manufacturer in the buy-back of company shares owned by a dissident minority stockholder.
- Represented a privately held manufacturer in the repurchase of a minority membership interest owned by departing partner.
- Represented a US manufacturer in the negotiation of a foreign joint venture created to distribute products in the European Union.
- Represented an individual entrepreneur in the purchase of assets of a consumer device company.
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- “Contract Law for Lawyers and Paralegals,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Presentation to Caterpillar (1998)
Ed brings incredible depth to a wide range of corporate transactions, whether buying and selling a business, financing a transaction, or negotiating a commercial contract.
More About Ed
Clients view each problem they face as a business problem, not just a legal problem. They look for advice and counsel to help them identify, address, and resolve those business problems. Ed provides reasoned analysis and straightforward solutions to guide his clients through the challenges they face.
Ed focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, lending transactions, and board governance issues. He also represents a broad range of manufacturing and service businesses that range from global enterprises to smaller family owned businesses.
For more than four decades, Ed has been involved in and experienced a wide variety of issues. He began his practice trying litigation matters and handling labor and employment matters. That experience added to his service on boards of directors allows him to understand and take the perspective of many of his clients.
Ed is a skilled negotiator who works well on all sides of the deal. For example, he once revived a complex global supply agreement that had stalled. In just 30 days, he was able to identify all the issues, achieve compromise solutions to each issue with the opposing party, and draft the necessary language to complete the transaction. The client was thrilled.
"I think that what distinguishes me is the level of service that I deliver to each engagement. No matter how busy I am, each client needs to feel that the problem we are facing at that moment is the most important problem on my desk."
Ed loves bringing the complex pieces of a transaction or negotiation together into a successfully completed deal. He also enjoys collaborating with practitioners across the firm to solve complex problems that cover a broad spectrum of legal disciplines. To quote Ed: "The breadth and depth of our other practice disciplines never ceases to amaze me."
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
Ed focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, lending transactions, and board governance issues. He also represents a broad range of manufacturing and service businesses that range from global enterprises to smaller family owned businesses.
For more than four decades, Ed has been involved in and experienced a wide variety of issues. He began his practice trying litigation matters and handling labor and employment matters. That experience added to his service on boards of directors allows him to understand and take the perspective of many of his clients.
Ed is a skilled negotiator who works well on all sides of the deal. For example, he once revived a complex global supply agreement that had stalled. In just 30 days, he was able to identify all the issues, achieve compromise solutions to each issue with the opposing party, and draft the necessary language to complete the transaction. The client was thrilled.
"I think that what distinguishes me is the level of service that I deliver to each engagement. No matter how busy I am, each client needs to feel that the problem we are facing at that moment is the most important problem on my desk."
Ed loves bringing the complex pieces of a transaction or negotiation together into a successfully completed deal. He also enjoys collaborating with practitioners across the firm to solve complex problems that cover a broad spectrum of legal disciplines. To quote Ed: "The breadth and depth of our other practice disciplines never ceases to amaze me."
Seyfarth’s Hong Kong office is a local law firm registered with The Law Society of Hong Kong, with lawyers licensed to practise in multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, Scotland, Ireland, England & Wales, and Italy.
- JD, Northwestern University School of Law
- BA, Indiana University
Phi Beta Kappa
- Illinois
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Related Services
- Represented a privately held ambulance company in the sale of all assets, including a garage facility contaminated by petroleum spills.
- Represented a rail car manufacturer in the sale of selected assets, including contaminated repair facilities.
- Represented a privately owned conglomerate in the purchase of the assets associated with a steel and wire business through a Section 363 bankruptcy sale.
- Represented a family enterprise in the sale of printing business to a private equity firm.
- Represented a family enterprise in the purchase of printing business from private equity firm.
- Represented an executive outplacement firm in the sale of 51% of the equity of the US-based firm to a European outplacement firm.
- Represented a private entrepreneur in the sale of their temporary placement business to a publicly held company.
- Represented an executive outplacement firm in the purchase of assets of an Atlanta, Georgia-based outplacement firm.
- Represented the US subsidiary of a foreign manufacturer in negotiating a worldwide supply contract with an international consumer products company.
- Represented a privately held manufacturer in the buy-back of company shares owned by a dissident minority stockholder.
- Represented a privately held manufacturer in the repurchase of a minority membership interest owned by departing partner.
- Represented a US manufacturer in the negotiation of a foreign joint venture created to distribute products in the European Union.
- Represented an individual entrepreneur in the purchase of assets of a consumer device company.
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- American Bar Association, Business Law Section
- Chicago Bar Association, Banking Law Section
- Seyfarth Shaw Executive Committee, 2000-2012
- Seyfarth Shaw Business Services Department, chair, 2000-2008
- Seyfarth Shaw Compensation Committee, 2000-2015
- Contributor, Illinois Corporate Practice and Forms: The Seyfarth Shaw Manual (2017–2020)
- “Take it to the Bank,” Los Angeles Lawyer (2009)
- “How Do Doctors Become Good Board Members,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2010)
- “Buying/Starting a Business: Issues for Consideration,” Right Management (2009)
- “Know Your Company - Know Your Industry, What’s a Director to Do,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2008)
- “The Duties and Responsibilities of Corporate Directors, Generally and in Connection with a Sale of the Company,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2007)
- “Directors and Officers Liability Insurance, A Primer Guide,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2006)
- “The Duties and Responsibilities of Corporate Directors,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2006)
- “Duties of Directors/A Sarbanes-Oxley Slant,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2005)
- “Making the Transition to Board Member,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2004)
- “Things Gone Awry, Defining Corporate Irresponsibility,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2003)
- “Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Exposure,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2002)
- “The Legal Duties of Directors and Corporate Governance,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2001)
- “Corporate Governance and the Duties and Responsibilities of Corporate Directors,” Physicians Insurers Association of America Leadership Boot Camp (2000)
- “Contract Law for Lawyers and Paralegals,” Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education Presentation to Caterpillar (1998)