“Building relationships with my clients is at the core of my practice; it is important that my clients feel they can lean on me in any situation.”
Alicia is a member of HMB’s Business and Finance Group. She focuses here practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions and general corporate matters.
Partnering with public and privately-held companies, lenders and private equity firms across industries, including oil and gas, pharmaceutical, chemical and manufacturing, Alicia helps clients with a variety of transactional needs, including mergers and acquisitions, entity and joint venture formations and corporate financing matters.
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Prior to joining HMB, Alicia was an associate at Dentons Cohen & Grigsby in Pittsburgh, PA, where she represented the firm’s strategic and financial clients in general and environmental corporate and transactional matters. She was also an associate in the Environmental Transactions Group at Latham & Watkin in Houston, TX, where she handled a variety of environmental matters on behalf of companies, private equity funds and lenders in connection with transactions, capital market offerings and financing projects. Alicia also practiced at WilmerHale in Washington, D.C. where she focused on advising clients in areas of federal, state and local regulatory compliance counseling and litigation, and the representation of corporate clients in connection with internal, congressional and executive agency inquiries and investigations.
Attentive and Personable
Clients rely on Alicia for her affable demeanor and technical acumen. They appreciate her calm and personable approach in high-pressure situations, and she’s often looked to as more than just a skilled attorney, but as someone to lean on in all situations.
Experience
- Provides general counsel services to companies, including in connection with general corporate governance matters, ownership and management transitions, and commercial contracts
- Represents start-up and early stage companies in connection with seed financing transactions
- Represents banks and companies in connection with various financing transactions, including acquisition financings and working capital financings/refinancings
- Represents owners of a cannabis company in connection with the sale of the company to a strategic buyer
- Represents owner of a dental practice in connection with the sale of the dental practice to a private equity backed buyer
- Represents private equity fund in its acquisition of a consulting company
- Represented owner of a privately held company in connection with the sale of the company to a private equity backed buyer
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 2009
- American University, M.P.P. 2006
- Stony Brook University, B.S. 2004
Admissions
- Illinois (pending)
- Pennsylvania (active)
Honors
Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch, 2021
Westbury High School, Alumni Distinction Award, 2019
Human Rights First, Pro Bono Star Award, 2016
Pi Alpha Alpha, Public Administration and Public Policy Honor Society, 2006
Pro Bono
Alicia has maintained an active pro bono practice that has included representing immigrants seeking asylum and other forms of relief, a criminal defendant before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, low-income residents in Texas and Washington, D.C. in connection with estate planning matters, and non-governmental organizations in connection with the analysis of various regulatory matters.
Publications
- Chicago City Council Approves COVID-19 Anti-Retaliation Ordinance; OSHA and CDC Release Additional GuidanceMay 26, 2020
Chicago Anti-Retaliation Ordinance On May 20, 2020, effective immediately, the Chicago City Council approved an ordinance that prohibits employers from terminating or demoting an employee because the employee stayed home from work in compliance with a health order or to care for a person subject to a health order. Employees who are terminated or demoted will now be able to…
- Additional Illinois and Federal Employment Updates Regarding the Families First and Coronavirus Response Act and Other MattersApril 28, 2020
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Updates After initially voting 9-0-1 to approve a new emergency rule that created a rebuttable presumption that the workplace is the cause of an employee contracting COVID-19 to the extent such employee works for an essential business, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (the “Commission”) met yesterday, April 27, to formally withdraw the rule. The Illinois Manufacturers’…
- U.S. Department of Labor Issues Temporary Regulations to Implement Families First Coronavirus Response Act, New OSHA Poster and Updates Regarding Expanded Illinois Unemployment BenefitsApril 8, 2020
Families First Coronavirus Response Act On April 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued temporary regulations (the “Rule”) to implement the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), providing additional guidance to employers and employees on how to provide and take expanded family and medical leave or paid sick leave (collectively, “Leave”) under the FFCRA. A copy of the…
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Department of Labor Provides Additional GuidanceApril 1, 2020
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “FCCRA”) was signed into law on March 18, 2020. Since then, questions as to scope and applicability have been raised by employers and employees alike. The U.S. Department of Labor has and continues to provide guidance as to how employers and employees should interrupt the FFCRA. A summary of the FCCRA can be…
News
- HMB Congratulates AeroPay on Closing Seed RoundOctober 1, 2020
HMB congratulates AeroPay, a Chicago-based alternative payments platform, and CEO & Founder Daniel Muller, on closing a seed round to accelerate its growth led by Continental Investors. The AeroPay platform eliminates traditional payment processing burdens and enables seamless bank-to-bank digital payments between businesses and their customers. The platform is built to work in any environment, both in-person or online. With…
- Alicia A. Handy Named to Best Lawyers 2021 Ones to Watch ListAugust 21, 2020
Alicia was named to Best Lawyers 2021 Ones to Watch List. These awards are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States. Best Lawyers' methodology for determining these awards is through peer-review. Learn more about Alicia here.…
- HMB Client MOCA Awarded One of First Recreational Dispensary Licenses in ChicagoApril 13, 2020
Congratulations to MOCA-Modern Cannabis for being awarded an adult-use dispensary license to operate at 216 W Ohio St in the River North neighborhood. MOCA’s original dispensary continues to operate in Logan Square at 2847 W. Fullerton as a medical and adult-use dispensary. The IDFPR final approval was granted to MOCA on April 3, following city inspection. HMB congratulates MOCA for…
Events
- Keith H. Berk, Shelley H. Koren and Alicia A. Handy Present "Preparing for Employee COVID-19 Claims" to the YPO Chicagoland Chapter - 6/10/20June 8, 2020
As Illinois and other states have begun to roll-back stay at home orders, employers need to be prepared for employee COVID-19 claims. Join YPO Gold Chicago Member and HMB Partner, Keith H. Berk, and his COVID-19 Task Force members Shelley H. Koren and Alicia A. Handy for a discussion on how to prepare your business in managing COVID-19 in the…
- Keith H. Berk, Shelley H. Koren and Alicia A. Handy Present "Preparing for Employee COVID-19 Claims" to the YPO Chicago Gold Chapter - 5/20/20May 13, 2020
As Illinois and other states begin to roll back stay-at-home orders, employers need to be prepared for employee COVID-19 claims. YPO Chicago Gold Chapter member, Keith H. Berk, will be joined by COVID-19 task force members Shelley H. Koren and Alicia A. Handy to discuss how to prepare your business to manage COVID-19 in the workplace. This YPO Chicago Gold…
- Shelley H. Koren and Alicia A. Handy Present a Webinar - "Preparing for Employee COVID-19 Claims" - 5/14/20May 1, 2020
As Illinois and other states begin to rollback stay-at-home orders, employers need to be prepared for employee COVID-19 claims. Please join us for a 45 minute discussion on how to prepare your business to manage COVID-19 in the workplace. The discussion will include guidance on: What to do when an employee notifies you that they have COVID-19 What to do…
