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Katie Pavle

Partner

Chicago

+1 312-558-8311

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Katie represents public and private clients in a wide variety of business transactions, with a particular focus in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and general corporate matters.

Katie's practice focuses on complex business transactions, including structuring and negotiating mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures and providing counsel to clients with respect to general corporate matters, including commercial contract review and corporate governance. Katie has represented public companies, private companies, and private equity firms in transactions across a wide variety of industries.

Recent Experience

Winston Represented Amylu Foods in its Acquisition of Klement’s Sausage Company
Winston Represented Integrated Openings Solutions in its Acquisition of Atlass Hardware
Winston Represented Hub Group in its Acquisition of the Final Mile Business of Forward Air Corporation
Frontenac Acquisition of Integrated Openings Solutions
Arbor Investments Sale of DPI Specialty Foods to KeHE Distributors
Arbor Investments' Acquisition of Oregon Freeze Dry
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Announces Acquisition by The Jordan Company, L.P.
Terold Acquisition of Majority Stake in WX Brands
TreeHouse Foods' Majority Acquisition of the U.S.- Branded Pasta Portfolio of Riviana Foods
United American Healthcare Corp. Sale of Pulse Systems LLC to Heraeus Holding GmbH
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Katie was recognized by The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® for Corporate Law (2023–2025) and Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2024–2025).

She was the recipient of the Presidential Education Award and a Scholar of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Montana.

 

Capabilities

Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Corporate Governance
Private Equity
Public Companies

Recent Experience

Winston Represented Amylu Foods in its Acquisition of Klement’s Sausage Company
Winston Represented Integrated Openings Solutions in its Acquisition of Atlass Hardware
Winston Represented Hub Group in its Acquisition of the Final Mile Business of Forward Air Corporation
Frontenac Acquisition of Integrated Openings Solutions
Arbor Investments Sale of DPI Specialty Foods to KeHE Distributors
Arbor Investments' Acquisition of Oregon Freeze Dry
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Announces Acquisition by The Jordan Company, L.P.
Terold Acquisition of Majority Stake in WX Brands
TreeHouse Foods' Majority Acquisition of the U.S.- Branded Pasta Portfolio of Riviana Foods
United American Healthcare Corp. Sale of Pulse Systems LLC to Heraeus Holding GmbH
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Credentials

Education

Katie received a B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Political Science, with highest honors, from the University of Montana in May 2012, and her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School in May 2015, where she was senior editor of the Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy. 

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