About the firm.

Lawento is a full-service firm in Chicago: trial lawyers, transaction lawyers and tax counsel in one building — so a matter that starts as a dispute does not stall when it becomes a deal. Speak to us before you sign, or after.

13+Years in legal consultancy, since 2013
2,000+Matters handled across 26 practice areas
$486m+Recovered for clients in judgments and settlements

Our story

We started in 2013 with four lawyers and one rule: answer the phone. Thirteen years later the firm carries 26 practice areas, five offices through associated counsel and a record of $486 million recovered — the rule has not changed.

Most legal problems are cheaper to prevent than to litigate, so the preventive practices — corporate, tax, real estate, employment, intellectual property, privacy — sit deliberately beside the trial groups. The lawyer who drafts the contract can be the one who defends it, and the client briefs one team instead of three.

A matter begins with the record: documents, dates, witnesses, the letter nobody wanted to open. We build that record before we build a strategy, and we tell you what the strategy costs in plain language before anything is filed.

Cross-border work runs through our London headquarters and associated firms in Singapore, Dubai and Frankfurt — one plan, every flag accounted for, no jurisdiction surprising another.

Lawento lawyers in a working session around the conference table
The firm's open-plan floor during a working day

What we believe

Four habits, applied to every matter.

Prepared, not reactive

Preparation is the only advantage that cannot be taken away from you in a hearing.

Plain language

If you cannot explain the strategy to your family at dinner, we have not explained it properly.

One file, one team

Your matter is staffed by the people who will appear for you — no hand-off at the courthouse door.

The long view

We advise for the outcome you will live with in five years, not the one that looks best this quarter.

Where we work

One firm in Chicago.
Associated counsel worldwide.

Chicago — HQ

Lawento Firm Agency

Full-service counsel: personal injury, family, criminal defense, business law.

Lead counsel — all matters
London — HQ

Lawento Firm Agency — UK

UK headquarters — England & Wales matters, with Harrington & Vale LLP as local counsel.

UK counsel · international arbitration
Singapore

Nakamura & Rhodes

Associated firm for APAC — cross-border banking and trade finance.

Finance law · cross-border trade
Dubai

Al Marjan & Partners

Associated firm for the Gulf region — arbitration and energy.

Arbitration · energy
Frankfurt

Brandt & Vogler

Associated firm for the EU — regulatory and banking supervision.

EU regulatory · banking
Every office

Meet us where you are

First consultations are free and can be held by phone or video.

Milestones

Thirteen years, in five lines.

2013

The firm opens in Chicago with four lawyers and a trial practice.

2016

London headquarters opens — Harrington & Vale LLP becomes local counsel.

2019

APAC and Gulf desks open through Nakamura & Rhodes and Al Marjan & Partners.

2021

Frankfurt association adds EU regulatory and banking supervision.

2024

$486 million recovered for clients; the practice directory reaches 26 areas.

How we work

A clear path from first call to resolution.

Step 01

Free consultation

Tell us what happened. We listen, ask questions and assess the matter at no cost.

Step 02

Strategy

You get a plain-language plan: options, timelines and costs, tailored to your situation.

Step 03

Representation

We negotiate, file and advocate — keeping you informed at every step.

Step 04

Resolution

We pursue the best available outcome and close the matter with a written account.

Start with a conversation.

The first one is free, confidential, and with a lawyer rather than an intake script.

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