Fritzi focuses her practice on representing financial institutions in the sale and acquisition of businesses, capital raising transactions, and in connection with the review and negotiation of business contracts, including a wide range of vendor agreements and Fintech arrangements and partnerships. She has experience advising clients on general corporate, strategic and regulatory matters. She also advises public companies on reporting obligations and has represented issuers in public and private offerings of equity and debt securities.
While in law school, she served as a judicial intern to the Honorable James E. Shadid, U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
During the fall of 2006, Fritzi participated in a foreign studies program at the University of Parma in Parma, Italy. She also spent nearly two years teaching English language to adults in Nagoya, Japan for a leading English-education corporation prior to attending law school.
Prior to joining the Firm, Fritzi was an associate in the corporate and securities department of a Chicago-based law firm.
Representative Experience
Represented First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE), in connection with its acquisition of The Banc Ed Corp.
Representation of First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) in connection with its acquisition of First Community Financial Partners, Inc. (Nasdaq: FCFP).
Representation of First Busey Corporation (Nasdaq: BUSE) in connection with its acquisition of Mid Illinois Bancorp Inc.
Represented First BancTrust Corporation (OTCQX: FIRT) in connection with the acquisition by First Mid-Illinois Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: FMBH).
Represented Bankmanagers Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Park Bank, in connection with its acquisition by First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (“First Midwest”) (Nasdaq: FMBI).
Represented Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: GFED) in connection with the merger with Hometown Bancshares, Inc.
Represented ATBancorp in connection with the acquisition by MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOFG).
Represented QCR Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCRH) in connection with the divestiture of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rockford Bank and Trust Company, to Illinois Bank & Trust, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLF).
Represented QCR Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: QCRH) in connection with its acquisition of Springfield Bancshares, Inc.
Activities & Honors
- Selected, Corporate Law, Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021-2022)
- Member at Large, Board of Directors, Lyric Young Professionals, Lyric Opera of Chicago
- Member, Board of Directors, Project Onward
- Articles Editor, Journal of Law Reform, University of Michigan Law School
- President and Publicity Chair, the Federalist Society, University of Michigan Law School
- Judicial Intern, Hon. James Shadid, U.S. District Court - Central District of Illinois
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Education
The University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2013
Boston College, B.A. in English, cum laude, 2008
University of Parma, Italy, Fall 2006
Bar & Court Admissions
- State of Illinois