Jessica Fairchild

Practice Areas

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• SEC, Corporate Governance & Business Counseling

• Venture Capital & Founders

• Family Enterprise

Career

Jessica Fairchild is a Founding Partner and President at Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres. Jessica also co-heads the Corporate/M&A practice group at Croke Fairchild. Over her 24-year legal career, Jessica’s principal legal focus has been on corporate, mergers and acquisitions and governance matters, where she counsels founders, boards, private equity sponsors, family enterprises and corporations on their most strategic transactions. Jessica’s focus on building relationships and her client-centered approach has helped her garner many long-term clients whom she has worked with on M&A matters and beyond, including as general counsel for their growing organizations.

From 2007 to 2009, Jessica served as General Counsel to Chicago 2016, the non-profit and civic organization that led Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Prior to that, she was a corporate attorney at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago where her work focused on M&A, corporate, governance and securities matters.

Professional Memberships

• Chicago Executive Board Member, How Women Lead

• Member, Economic Club of Chicago

• Member, International Women’s Forum Chicago

• Member, Executive Council of Advisors, Executives’ Club of Chicago

• Member, Vistage

• Member, Business Law Section of the American Bar Association

Education

Awards