William A. Starshak Principal
phone	312.201.3926
fax	312.863.7426
email	william.starshak@goldbergkohn.com

Bill Starshak is a principal in the firm's Commercial Finance Group.  His practice focuses on the representation of financial institutions in a variety of lending transactions, including cash-flow and asset based loans, mezzanine financings and leveraged buy-out transactions.  Mr. Starshak has extensive experience working on international finance transactions for both United States and foreign financial institutions and is currently working with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law in the drafting of a legislative guide for countries to modernize their secured transactions laws.  Additionally, he has represented private equity funds and corporate clients in financing transactions as well as in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Starshak was a recent panelist at the Commercial Finance Association's International Asset-Based Lending Workshop in April 2007.

Mr. Starshak is a former Robert Bosch Fellow (1999-2000).  He spent his fellowship year working as an attorney in Germany and is proficient in German.

Education

• Northwestern University, J.D., cum laude, 1999
• University of Virginia, B.A. in foreign affairs and history, with high distinction, 1994

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

• Summary and Analysis of the ABA Task Force Model Deposit Account Control Agreement