Empowering Small Businesses Workshop: How Entity Choice and Structure Impacts Your Business

The Evanston Chamber of Commerce, City of Evanston and Evanston Community Bank & Trust have partnered together to host a series of free workshops designed for Evanston’s small business owners and entrepreneurs. The series, titled “Empowering Small Businesses,” features five sessions focused on varied topics, and each workshop will feature presentations by different, local experts. Participants are welcome to come to all of the workshops in the series, or to pick and choose the sessions and topics that are most applicable for you!
 
All workshops take place at Evanston Community Bank & Trust, located at 901 Grove St., from 9:00-10:30am on every Wednesday in October. Coffee and light bites provided.

Workshop One:
“Business Formation: How Entity Choice and Structure Impacts Your Business,” presented by Jessica Oldani with Oldani Entrepreneurial Law, P.C. This session will help you determine what business structure (Corporation, LLC, Sole Proprietorship, etc.) is right for you and your business.
 
Meet the Presenter – Jessica L. Oldani:
Ms. Oldani holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Business and Trade Law from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, with LL.M. coursework certificates in International Corporate and Finance Law and International Trade Law. Prior to founding Oldani Entrepreneurial Law, P.C., Ms. Oldani practiced international business and trade law at a boutique Chicago-based firm representing multinational business clients. Years prior, after graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, Ms. Oldani founded and ran her first business, a successful Chicago-area not-for-profit corporation.
 
Ms. Oldani brings real-world operational and bottom-line intelligence to her practice, advising small-to-midmarket businesses on structuring and protecting domestic and international entities, relationships, and transactions. Ms. Oldani represents for-profit and not-for-profit clients in a wide range of industries, and serves as a knowledgeable and trusted advisor, not only for her clients, but also within the local business community. In addition to running her practice, Ms. Oldani is a respected speaker on legal issues relevant to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ms. Oldani is a member of the American Bar Association’s (“ABA’s”) Section of Intellectual Property (“IP”) Law and of the ABA IP Law Section’s Copyright Legislation Committee.