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Christopher Cahill

Mr. Cahill is Senior Counsel at Dykema Gossett PLLC in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to a wide variety of corporate work, including with respect to digital assets, he guides secured lenders, creditors, debtors, creditors’ committees, potential purchasers and others through bankruptcy cases, out-of-court workouts, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and receiverships. Mr. Cahill has substantial mega-case experience at national law firms representing very large debtors and has counseled and litigated on behalf of manufacturers and secured lenders in large and middle-market cases.

Mr. Cahill also publishes frequently and speaks regularly on commercial insolvency and secured credit issues. For example, he is sole author of Illinois Practice Series Uniform Commercial Code Forms Annotated, 2d. Edition (West, 2023), which he annually updates, and is co-author of William Houston Brown, Lawrence Ahern, III & Christopher Cahill, The Law of Debtor and Creditors (West, 2022), which is annually updated. Mr. Cahill spoke recently before the Arizona Private Lenders Association on the collateralization of digital assets, and before the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals on the Federal Priority Act. Mr. Cahill has also created, moderated, and appeared as panelist on more than ninety Financial Poise Webinars.


Financial Poise Contributions

  • 5 Alternative Lending Solutions for Small Business Financing Article published on August 21, 2025
  • Understanding Risk Management Basics for Business Owners Webinar premiered on March 27, 2025 Webinar Series: Insurance For The Business Owner - 101
  • Digital Assets and Bankruptcy Webinar premiered on June 18, 2024 Webinar Series: Digital Assets In Commerce & Bankruptcy
  • Digital Assets as Collateral: UCC Article 12 Webinar premiered on April 16, 2024 Webinar Series: Digital Assets In Commerce & Bankruptcy
  • Blockchain and Smart Contracts Webinar premiered on July 19, 2023 Webinar Series: Blockchain Basics
  • Blockchain and Smart Contracts Webinar premiered on July 21, 2022 Webinar Series: Blockchain Basics
  • Current Trends in Leveraged Finance 2021 Webinar premiered on November 19, 2021 Webinar Series: Leveraged Finance 2021
  • Navigating Credit Agreements 2021 Webinar premiered on October 28, 2021 Webinar Series: Leveraged Finance 2021
  • Evolution of Trade Finance Technology 2021 Webinar premiered on September 23, 2021 Webinar Series: Blockchain Basics 2021
  • Blockchain and Supply Chain 2021 Webinar premiered on August 19, 2021 Webinar Series: Blockchain Basics 2021
  • Crowdfinance 101 - 2021 Webinar premiered on July 29, 2021 Webinar Series: Crypto, Crowdfunding & Other Crazy Concepts 2021
  • Blockchain and Smart Contracts 2021 Webinar premiered on July 22, 2021 Webinar Series: Blockchain Basics 2021
  • Zoning & Land Use 101 Webinar premiered on July 9, 2021 Webinar Series: Cross-Training for Business Lawyers 2021
  • Credit Insurance 101 Webinar premiered on June 4, 2021 Webinar Series: Cross-Training for Business Lawyers 2021
  • Crypto Currency 101 - 2021 Webinar premiered on May 24, 2021 Webinar Series: Crowdfunding & Other Crazy Concepts 2021
  • Immigration Law 101 Webinar premiered on May 7, 2021 Webinar Series: Cross-Training for Business Lawyers 2021
  • ESOPs 101 Webinar premiered on April 9, 2021 Webinar Series: Cross-Training for Business Lawyers 2021
  • Digital Assets 2020 Webinar premiered on December 4, 2020 Webinar Series: Hot Topics 2020
  • Making Cash with Cannabis 2020 Webinar premiered on November 5, 2020 Webinar Series: Hot Topics 2020
  • Blockchain Basics 2020 Webinar premiered on October 8, 2020 Webinar Series: Hot Topics 2020
  • Blockchain Basics 2019 Webinar premiered on July 25, 2019 Webinar Series: Hot Topics 2019 - Summer/Fall
  • Crowdfinance-101 Webinar premiered on June 4, 2019 Webinar Series: Crypto, Crowdfunding & Other Crazy Concepts
  • Crypto Currency-101 Webinar premiered on April 30, 2019 Webinar Series: Crypto, Crowdfunding & Other Crazy Concepts
  • What Every Founder/Entrepreneur Must Know Webinar premiered on April 16, 2019 Webinar Series: The Start-up / Small Business Advisor 2019
  • HR-101: Finding, Negotiating With & Retaining Potential Hires Webinar premiered on March 19, 2019 Webinar Series: The Start-Up / Small Business Advisor 2019
  • Raising Capital - Negotiating with Potential Investors 2019 Webinar premiered on February 19, 2019 Webinar Series: The Start-Up / Small Business Advisor 2019
  • Basic Investment Principles 101 - From Asset Allocations to Zero Coupon Bonds 2019 Webinar premiered on January 24, 2019 Webinar Series: Personal Finance & Investing 1.0 - 2019
  • The Very Basics - Forming the Business Webinar premiered on January 22, 2019 Webinar Series: The Start-Up / Small Business Advisor 2019