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Venu V. Talanki

Shareholder

Vice Chair, Finance & Transactions Group
Member, Board of Directors

222 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60601

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Venu V. Talanki

Shareholder

Vice Chair, Finance & Transactions Group
Member, Board of Directors

Venu V. Talanki is a Shareholder at Vedder Price and the Vice Chair of the Finance & Transactions group. He is also a member of the firm's Board of Directors.

Mr. Talanki focuses his practice in the areas of finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate law. He advises financial institutions, private equity funds and corporate borrowers in a broad array of finance transactions, including leveraged, asset-based, cash flow, mezzanine, second lien, acquisition and bankruptcy-related lending transactions. He also counsels lenders and borrowers in complex restructurings and workouts of distressed companies.

Mr. Talanki serves on the firm's Associate Hiring and Diversity Committees.

Mr. Talanki has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the North American South Asian Bar Association and is Co-Founder of the South Asian Bar Association of Michigan.

Mr. Talanki was named a Notable Minority Lawyer by Crains Chicago in 2020. In 2013, he was honored by the M&A Advisor in the legal advisor category of the 4th Annual 40 under 40 Recognition Awards.

Venu V. Talanki

Shareholder

Vice Chair, Finance & Transactions Group
Member, Board of Directors

Education

  • University of Illinois College of Law, J.D., 2001
  • University of Michigan, B.A., 1998

Venu V. Talanki

Shareholder

Vice Chair, Finance & Transactions Group
Member, Board of Directors

Bar Admissions

  • Michigan, 2001
  • Illinois, 2006

Venu V. Talanki

Shareholder

Vice Chair, Finance & Transactions Group
Member, Board of Directors