Brian J. Lake is retired of counsel in the Corporate Department in the South Bend, Indiana, office of Barnes & Thornburg. His career spanned more than 30 years of experience in counseling and advising businesses to help them deal with a wide spectrum of legal issues and business transactions. He worked closely with business owners to help achieve creative legal solutions that enabled businesses to take advantage of opportunities in the marketplace and be successful from one generation to the next.
Brian worked closely with a wide range of closely held businesses. He provided advice concerning business succession planning, purchases and sales of businesses (including ESOP transactions), successful negotiations to achieve long term business relationships, as well as other legal and business related planning for such companies.
Credentials
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude
- University of Notre Dame, B.S., cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Florida (Inactive)
- Indiana (Retired)
- Michigan (Emeritus)