Stephen W. Beard

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Stephen W. Beard

Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel

Office Location: Chicago

Phone: +1 312 4961000

Professional Profile

Stephen W. Beard is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.

Stephen joined Heidrick & Struggles in 2003 as assistant general counsel. Prior to Heidrick & Struggles, Stephen worked with Schiff Hardin, LLP, in Chicago where he was a member of the firm’s corporate and securities practice group, representing public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities and corporate governance matters. Stephen began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Frank Sullivan, Jr., Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court.

Education

Stephen received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana and a juris doctorate degree from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington.

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