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<p>Adam has significant experience working with private equity firms and their portfolio companies, handling acquisitions, dispositions, corporate finance, joint ventures and strategic investments. He has also represented both creditors and debtors in bankruptcy and restructuring transactions.</p>
<p>Adam is a former Business leader of BakerHostetler's Chicago office.</p>
<h2 id="" class="text-left">Video: Adam Skilken Highlights Our Private Equity Team</h2>

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J.D., Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2000, 

MBA, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, 2000

B.A., Dartmouth College, 1995, 

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BakerHostetler Advises Avathon Capital in Acquisition of OculusIT

BakerHostetler team represents R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company in acquisition of Williams Lea

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BakerHostetler Represents Avathon Capital in Acquisition of Summit Professional Education

Matthew Oliver, Adam Skilken Advise Big Blue Marble Academy on Sale to Leeds Equity Partners

BakerHostetler attorneys help close deal worth around $240 million

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<li>Advised private equity firm Avathon Capital in its acquisition of OculusIT.</li>
<li>Represented Sterling Partners in the sale of Cornerstone Records Management to Iron Mountain Information Management; also represented Sterling Partners in the initial acquisition of Cornerstone and over 20 add-on acquisitions.</li>
<li>Represented a portfolio company of GTCR in the disposition of various telecommunications assets.</li>
<li>Represented the estate of Kevin McClory in the sale of intellectual property rights in the James Bond film franchise to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Danjaq, LLC.</li>
<li>Provides general corporate counseling to portfolio companies of Sterling Partners and GTCR.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded U.S. company in the acquisition of a multinational consumer products division.</li>
<li>Assisted with the restructuring of multiple portfolio companies on behalf of a Chicago-based private equity firm.</li>
<li>Represented a publicly traded medical device company in the acquisition of the surgical products division of a multinational diversified industrial company.</li>
<li>Assisted in the acquisition of a heavy equipment manufacturer on behalf of a non-U.S. private equity firm.</li>
<li>Negotiated disposition of an industrial manufacturing and distribution business on behalf of a Chicago-based private equity firm.</li>
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