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    • Harris Winick Harris LLP is a boutique commercial law firm providing counsel for high-stakes complex litigation and transactions, delivering high-quality, results-driven legal services to a broad cross-section of the business community.

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    • Our diverse client base includes major U.S. publicly-held companies, privately-held businesses, partnerships and joint ventures in virtually all business sectors, high net worth and entrepreneurially minded families and individuals, trusts and estates, tax exempt organizations, and cultural and academic institutions.

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    John-Paul LujanMarisa K PerryKenneth Harris
    Construction Services
    Complex Commercial Litigation Construction Litigation Construction Transactions
    Tax Services
    Tax Controversy Tax & Business Planning

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    Full Service

    As a boutique firm, we focus on finding the best business solutions for our clients and tailor our services to achieve our clients’ goals.

    Specialized Expertise

    We have decades of experience assisting our clients with their most complicated construction, tax, and litigation matters.

    Integrity

    We are committed to providing first-class legal services to our clients at a fair and reasonable cost.

    Results

    Our clients trust us with their most complex legal issues, and we deliver. Most of our business comes from existing clients and referrals.

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    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Commercial Leasing
    Resolved litigation where tenant failed to timely exercise option; client obtained possession and sold premises for substantial profit. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality
    Resolved $15 million in payment, delay, and disruption claims for national hotel corporation on multiple projects against general contractor. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Transactions
    Industry: Construction
    Provided consulting services to major clients on contract negotiation, drafting, bidding, and current topics in construction transactions. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax Controversy
    Industry: Individual Taxpayer
    Represented taxpayer before IRS with respect to audit of constructive dividend adjustments, resulting in full IRS concession. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax & Business Planning
    Industry: Multi-Industry
    Acted as principal tax counsel to Fortune 100 company in spinoff and subsequent tax free merger transaction. Learn More
    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality
    Represented franchisor in indemnity litigation arising out of iconic advertising campaign, recovering in excess of $20 million after trial. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Litigation
    Industry: Multifamily Residential
    Successfully recovered millions of dollars for large apartment REIT for damages incurred due to acts, errors, and omissions of its contractors and design professionals for multiple projects throughout the United States. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Transactions
    Industry: Real Estate Development
    Drafted and negotiated construction, design, consulting, and project management agreements (among others) on behalf of major nationwide developers. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax Controversy
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Successfully mediated IRS appeal dispute on behalf of corporate taxpayer regarding $100 million worthless stock and "bed debt deductions." Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax & Business Planning
    Industry: Packaging
    Acted as principal tax counsel for publicly held packaging corporation in structuring a series of strategic acquisitions of industry targets. Learn More
    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Travel/Airline
    Secured multi-million dollar jury verdict against an international airline company on behalf of computer integration firm after federal jury trial. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax & Business Planning
    Industry: Energy
    Acted variously as company counsel and underwriter’s counsel in advising on the United States tax aspects of stock offerings and acquisition transactions by various foreign public natural resource companies. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Transactions
    Industry: Hospitality
    Represented major hospitality brands on construction matters and regularly drafted and negotiated custom agreements to suit their unique needs. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax Controversy
    Industry: Finance and Investments
    Represented corporate taxpayer in successfully defending against IRS challenge to deductibility of several hundred million dollar settlement payment arising out of financial institution failure. Learn More
    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality
    Represented national quick service restaurant in class action and individual arbitration claims arising out of reimbursement of delivery drivers. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Litigation
    Industry: Higher Education
    Successfully resolved a large Midwestern university's disputes with contractors and design professionals on major new campus development. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Transactions
    Industry: Museum
    Served as construction counsel to preeminent foundation for design and construction of a museum, winter garden, park, and public library. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax Controversy
    Industry: Individual Taxpayer
    Represented boxing champion in IRS Appeals regarding audit of substantial loss deductions, achieving full concession of the asserted deficiency. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality
    Favorably resolved claims for international hotel client against design professionals for errors and omissions in redevelopment a flagship property. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax & Business Planning
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Advised multi-national manufacturing client regarding international tax matters, including U.S. foreign tax credit utilization and subpart F issues. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Transactions
    Industry: Museum
    Served as construction counsel to major museums in Chicago and New York on significant expansion projects, negotiating design, contractor, and consultant agreements. Learn More
    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality
    Obtained favorable arbitration award on behalf of a national restaurant chain in $35 million franchisee dispute. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Litigation
    Industry: Infrastructure
    Recovered millions of dollars for unpaid services of signaling company on public transit project from transit authority and general contractor. Learn More
    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Real Estate Development
    Successfully tried to jury, after a 4-week trial, a multi-million dollar verdict against a prominent Chicago real estate developer. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax Controversy
    Industry: Information Technology
    Represented corporate taxpayer in IRS Appeals in achieving successful settlement of material issues involving excess loss account adjustments, capitalization issues, deductibility of investment banking fees, and asserted negligence and substantial understatement penalties. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax & Business Planning
    Industry: Healthcare
    Acted as principal tax counsel to several health industry clients in major equity acquisitions and joint venture arrangements. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Litigation
    Industry: Higher Education
    Recovered general contractor’s full remediation costs from responsible subcontractor for insulated glass failures at flagship big ten university building. Learn More
    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality
    Represented international restaurant chain and its franchisees in connection with indemnity and coverage litigation of an outbreak of e-Coli. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax Controversy
    Industry: Expert Services
    Regularly served as expert witness in public trials and arbitration proceedings involving tax-related matters, including tax planning, return preparation, and accounting and legal malpractice. Learn More
    Practice Area: Tax & Business Planning
    Industry: Logistics
    Acted as principal corporate and tax counsel to privately held joint venture in structuring sale of transportation logistics business. Learn More
    Practice Area: Complex Commercial Litigation
    Industry: Technology
    Successfully represented company in licensing and intellectual property disputes regarding $150 million sale and purchase of the company. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Litigation
    Industry: Multifamily Residential
    Resolved condominium owner claims regarding handrail failures against general contractor and recovered remediation costs from responsible subcontractors and insurers. Learn More
    Practice Area: Construction Transactions
    Industry: Non-Profit/Pro Bono
    Provided pro bono construction transactions and negotiation guidance for exceptional women’s shelter in Chicago. Learn More

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