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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is a law firm which specializes in employment, environmental, public finance, and tax law.

Alvin Katz has a widely diversified law practice representing real estate investors, developers and operators in joint ventures and partnerships, acquisitions and dispositions of real property, debt and equity financings, and management and leasing transactions. During his more than 40 years practicing law Alvin has been involved in virtually every aspect of the real estate industry. In recent years his practice has focused primarily on representing both equity capital providers and sponsors in real estate joint ventures and related transactions. His clients include real estate private equity funds and investment advisers as well as real estate developers and operators. Alvin is consistently ranked in the top tier of Chicago real estate lawyers by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, which quotes clients who describe him as "a really good lawyer with great business sense" who is "stellar at explaining key points during transactions and “probably the best for joint ventures”. Legal 500 calls him "an absolutely first class lawyer" and says that Alvin “comes up very frequently” among the real estate lawyers clients mention most, quoting clients who describe him as “a really big name in the market,” and “outstanding … as good as it gets.” In recognition of his accomplishments in real estate law he has been selected for membership in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and is included in Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers, Who's Who in American Law, The Best Lawyers in America, Leading Lawyers in Illinois and Illinois Super Lawyers. Alvin is active in a wide range of civic and charitable activities in the Chicago area and nationally. He is a Trustee of the Ravinia Festival, the Educational Theatre Foundation, TimeLine Theatre and the Chicago Furniture Bank, a Trustee Emeritus of the Chicago Architecture Foundation and a member of the Stanford Alumni Real Estate Council, the Board of Advisors of the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, and the Economic Club of Chicago.