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Kate Kanabay Partner
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kkanabay@hmblaw.com
Kate Kanabay

Kate is a partner in HMB’s Business and Finance Group. Her practice focuses on M&A and she acts as outside general counsel to private, middle-market businesses.

Kate splits her practice between transactions, general counsel work and regulatory compliance. Her clients—primarily privately-held manufacturing, distribution, restaurant/concessions and service companies—rely on her practical approach to negotiate and close transactions efficiently, and to maintain compliance with laws and contracts.

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Organized, Practical and Efficient

Leveraging her background in litigation and years of experience in corporate work, Kate guides her clients through issues ranging from structuring sophisticated mergers and acquisitions to negotiating effective contracts to managing disputes, claims and litigation.

Kate’s approach to legal services is organized, practical and efficient. Her clients trust her to “get it done.”

Education

  • Marquette University, J.D.
  • Marquette University, B.A. in Psychology

Admissions

  • Wisconsin
  • Illinois

Professional Memberships

  • Chicago Bar Association

Publications

  • CARES Act Update: Flexibility Added to the Paycheck Protection ProgramJune 19, 2020

    On June 5, 2020, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (“PPPFA”) was enacted, amending key provisions of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”). The changes provide relief to borrowers of PPP loans in the form of expanded forgiveness and increased flexibility in the use of loan proceeds. Businesses…

News

  • Client Success: HMB Represents Spraoi in Sale to Global Market Leader in Core Systems for Life, Accident and Health InsuranceMay 13, 2021

    HMB would like to congratulate DigIn Technologies, LLC d/b/a Spraoi, a leading provider of machine learning capabilities for the Group Life and Employee Benefits industry, and its Co-Founders Karan Mishra, Matthew O’Mara and Santoash Rajaram, on a successful sale to FINEOS Corporation, a global market leader in core systems for life, accident and health insurance. Spraoi is an insurance technology…

  • Client Success: HMB Represents Lightstream in Sale to UK-based Publicly Traded Company Vitec GroupApril 15, 2021

    HMB would like to congratulate Lightstream and its CEO and Co-founder Stu Grubbs, COO and Co-founder Aaron Hassell, CCO and Co-founder Ryan Forquer and Principal Engineer and Co-founder Dan Trocchio on a successful sale to Creative Solutions, a division of Vitec Group, a UK publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange. Lightstream is a US-based tech company that builds…

  • HMB Congratulates Client Surgical Directions on Management BuyoutJanuary 22, 2021

    HMB congratulates the management team of client Surgical Directions, a national consulting, leadership and analytics partner to hospital systems and medical groups who seek to improve their perioperative and anesthesia services, for acquiring the company from Mednax Services, Inc. ("Mednax"), a national health solutions partner. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We are incredibly excited about how this will…

  • HMB 2021 Board of DirectorsJanuary 1, 2021

    HMB welcomes Sean D. Auton, Christin A. Handa, Jeffrey A. Hechtman, David A. Hughes and Kate Kanabay to its 2021 Board of Directors.

Education
  • Marquette University, J.D.
  • Marquette University, B.A. in Psychology
Admissions
  • Wisconsin
  • Illinois
500 West Madison Suite 3700
Chicago IL 60661

Phone: 312-606-3200 Fax: 312-606-3232
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