01 - Attorney
Ceren Kurt
Commercial Lawyer
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Ceren leads the commercial desk. She advises founders and boards on structuring, contracts and disputes, and has argued before commercial courts for over a decade.
02 - biography
Ceren joined CRN in 2011 after three years at a regional commercial litigation boutique, and became a partner in 2016. Her practice sits at the point where a deal, a dispute or a regulator meets a company: she drafts the agreement, and if it fails, she argues it. Her clients are mostly founder-led companies and their investors — people who want one attorney who knows the whole file. She is known for short written assessments, fixed-fee scoping on advisory work, and a dislike of surprises in both directions.
The best contract is the one nobody has to read again. The second best is the one that holds up when they do.
03 - Practice areas
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Company formation & structuring
Articles, shareholder agreements, governence
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Commercial contracts
Supply, distribition, agency, SaaS
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Shareholder disputes
Deadlock, exit, minorty protection
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Receivables & enforcement
Notices, settlement, enforcement proceeding
04 - education · admissions · memberships
education
2008
J.D., University of Illinois College of Law
2005
B.A. Economics, Northwestern University
2014
Certificate in Commercial Arbitration, ClArb
admissions
2009
Illinois State Bar
2012
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
2018
Registered mediator, Illinois
memberships
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Illinois State Bar Association, Business Law Section
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Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce, legal committee
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