The national law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP welcomes Arthur H. Evans, Daniel M. Loewenstein, and J. Christian Manalli to its Chicago office, which they have joined as partners.

Arthur H. Evans brings his practice to the firm’s Corporate Transactions & Counseling, Estate Planning & Probate Administration, Real Estate, and Tax Practice Groups. Mr. Evans is also a certified public accountant, with substantial experience in corporate, tax, real estate, estate planning and probate matters. He serves as corporate counsel to a number of closely-held businesses, and has served as a director of various corporations.

Daniel M. Loewenstein joins the firm’s Commercial & Real Estate Finance Transactions, Real Estate, and Corporate Transactions & Counseling Practice Groups. He focuses his practice on real estate and corporate transactions. His experience includes commercial leasing and complex real estate transactions, such as exchanges and business sales and purchases.

J. Christian Manalli focuses his work on estate planning, tax planning, and tax preparation for individuals, trusts, tax exempt organizations and business entities, asset protection planning, probate and trust administration, contested trust and estate litigation, guardianships, elder law, the representation of parties in the sale or purchase of a business, corporate and business law, and forming corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships and tax-exempt organizations. He joins the firm’s Corporate Transactions & Counseling, Estate Planning & Probate Administration, Not for Profit Organizations, and Tax Practice Groups.

“We are thrilled to have attorneys of this caliber joining the firm,” said Michael L. Gesas, Managing Partner of Arnstein’s Chicago office.  “They represent a significant strengthening in these core areas of work for our clients.”

Evans says that “joining an independent, full-service firm enables me to offer a broader range of services to my existing clients while also building relationships with other growing enterprises already working with the firm’s noted commercial litigators and business lawyers.  I’m pleased to be here and looking forward to an exciting period of growth, for the firm and for our clients.  We chose to come to Arnstein because the spirit and energy of the place made it feel like the best possible environment in which to begin a new chapter in our professional lives. Arnstein is an institution that has survived and thrived for 120 years as an independent player in Chicago and we are proud to now be a part of it.”

About Arnstein & Lehr

Arnstein & Lehr LLP, with offices in Illinois and Florida, is one of the country’s oldest and most respected law firms. Since its founding in 1893, the firm has served clients of all sizes throughout the U.S. and abroad. It is a full-service firm with attorneys practicing in five main practice areas – business, litigation, local government, tax and estate planning services and real estate. Clients include governmental bodies, health care entities, financial institutions, trade associations, individuals and a broad range of businesses in the retail, industrial, manufacturing, distribution, technology and services sectors. For more information visit: www.arnstein.com.