Maria McGuire

Principal, Goldberg Kohn

40 Under 40 Category: Legal Services

Biography:

Maria McGuire is a principal in Goldberg Kohn’s Commercial Finance Group. She represents banks, finance companies and other lending institutions in structuring, documenting and negotiating commercial finance transactions, including asset-based and cash-flow loans, restructurings and workouts, and working capital and acquisition finance transactions. She has experience in a variety of business sectors and frequently works on technology finance transactions and international finance transactions, primarily focusing on Europe and North America.

Maria is vice chair of Goldberg Kohn’s Business Development Committee and is a member of the firm’s Finance Committee. She served on the firm’s Technology Committee for many years and has also served on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee, which was created to encourage and facilitate the pro bono activities of the firm’s attorneys and paralegals. She joined Goldberg Kohn in 2005 after working as an associate for two years at another firm. She is admitted to practice in Illinois, is a member of the American Bar Association and has been involved in pro bono projects with the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Center for Disability and Elder Law. Maria received her law degree, cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School in 2003 and her B.A., magna cum laude, in American studies and anthropology from the University of Notre Dame in 2000.

Maria and her husband, Matt, are busy raising their two children, John (4) and Catherine (2). They live in Barrington, Illinois and spend as much time as possible enjoying the outdoors as a family, including gardening, playing sports together, and vacationing in Michigan. Maria also looks forward to the start of college football season every year and loves to visit her alma mater.

When she was informed she had been chosen as one of SFNet’s 40 Under 40, Maria said, “Being named as a member of this select group of commercial finance professionals is a tremendous honor. I am grateful to the SFNet 40 Under 40 program for recognizing my efforts to provide outstanding legal services to the clients of Goldberg Kohn.  I look forward to further developing my skills and serving clients for years to come.”

Her nominator, Michael Hainen, head of Goldberg Kohn’s Commercial Finance Group, said, “Maria handles her finance transactions with a level of poise and professionalism to which every attorney should strive. I am sure that she will continue to further develop and thrive in her finance practice. We are lucky to have her.”