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Kathleen Swan focuses her practice on venture capital, private equity, corporate finance and institutional private placements. Kathleen has represented clients within health care, technology, artificial intelligence, clean tech, retail, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and utilities operations. She has represented venture capitalists, emerging growth investment firms, corporate venture investors, equity sponsors and angel investment groups in connection with equity investments and debt transactions, institutional investors in connection with the purchase of both senior and subordinated secured and unsecured notes and investment bankers in divestitures and acquisitions.
Kathleen Swan focuses her practice on venture capital, private equity, corporate finance and institutional private placements. Kathleen has represented clients within health care, technology, artificial intelligence, clean tech, retail, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and utilities operations. She has represented venture capitalists, emerging growth investment firms, corporate venture investors, equity sponsors and angel investment groups in connection with equity investments and debt transactions, institutional investors in connection with the purchase of both senior and subordinated secured and unsecured notes and investment bankers in divestitures and acquisitions.
Kathleen lectures on entrepreneurship issues at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and participates in the New Venture Challenge, Global New Venture Challenge and Social New Venture Challenge. She also serves as investment counsel to IrishAngels, on the Board of Directors of the Florida Venture Capital Forum and was a co-founder of Springboard Chicago.
CREDENTIALS
- J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1985
- B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1980
- Illinois
- Fellow, American College of Investment Counsel
- Member, The Economic Club of Chicago (Member)
- Impact Engine I and Impact Engine II
- Member, Women's Business Advisory Board of Judy Barr Topinka, Treasurer of the State of Illinois
- Springboard Midwest (Chairman, 2005; Springboard Midwest 2001 and 2003 Forum Committee and Screening Committee Member)
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
- Selected as an Illinois Leading Lawyer - Leading Lawyers Network, 2017–present (Corporate Finance, Securities & Venture Finance)
- Selected for inclusion in the 2011–2012 Illinois Super Lawyers® lists (Business/Corporate)
- Chicago Bar Association David C. Hilliard Award
- National Hemophilia Foundation (Former Member of Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter)
- University of Miami School of Law (Former Member of Young Alumni Visiting Committee)
- Member, University of Texas System’s Entrepreneurship Network Evaluation Committee
- Judge, Global New Venture Challenge (2016)