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Corporate Finance
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Corporate Law
The work of Dickinson Wright's corporate practice spans every phase of a company's evolution: venture capital financing, licensing, commercial agreements and contracts, private and public securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, technology, tax planning, insurance, real estate, risk management, employment issues, corporate governance, and general day-to-day company representation and counseling.
We serve the comprehensive legal needs of hundreds of regional and national businesses, from large, household-name manufacturers, banks, insurance companies, distributors, and retailers to small and growing entrepreneurial businesses. We bring practical know-how and business savvy to all of our client relationships, and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of every industry in which our diverse mix of public and private-company clients does business. This fosters exceptionally close collaboration, and enables us to deliver highly responsive, individualized service that meets specific objectives.
Richard M. Bolton
313.223.3648 or rbolton@dickinsonwright.com
Bernadette M. Dennehy
313.223.3451 or bdennehy@dickinsonwright.com
Carl Oosterhouse
616.336.1007 or coosterhouse@dickinsonwright.com
Frank G. Dunten
616.336.1012 or fdunten@dickinsonwright.com
Mergers & Acquisitions
Delivering strategic counsel and managing the risks and legal complexities that are inherent in mergers and acquisitions requires specialized attorneys who are proven experts in this high-stakes arena.
Our M & A practice is robust, covering a diverse range of regulated and unregulated industries. We have handled transactions valued from a few million dollars to several billion. Our expertise includes representing sellers, buyers, investors, investment banks, commercial banks, private equity and venture capital funds, institutional lenders, independent director committees and management groups -- in a broad spectrum of transactions including asset and/or stock acquisitions, stock and/or cash mergers, tender offers, management and leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, recapitalizations, reorganizations and liquidations.
In addition to the vast collective practice experience behind our M & A specialists, we bring to bear the considerable resources of Dickinson Wright's overall firm capabilities in seeking the best possible solutions to challenges that regularly occur in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other transactions.
Matters with the potential for significant risk and legal liabilities protection of intellectual property, labor and employment issues, employee benefits and compensation considerations, tax, antitrust and regulatory issues, real estate, environmental and others are often encountered, and must be anticipated and addressed up front.
Our nationally recognized proficiency in these and other areas contribute to our standing as a preeminent law firm when the sophisticated planning, negotiating and successful execution of complex commercial transactions is required.
Richard M. Bolton
313.223.3648 or rbolton@dickinsonwright.com
Andrew W. MacLeod
313-223-3187 or amacleod@dickinsonwright.com
Carl Oosterhouse
616-336-1007 or coosterhouse@dickinsonwright.com
Frank G. Dunten
616.336.1012 or fdunten@dickinsonwright.com
Securities
Our clients in the area of securities law include public and private enterprises ranging from FORTUNE 500 companies to start-up businesses. We regularly represent issuers, banks, finance companies, venture capital and private equity funds, insurance companies, pension funds and other institutional lenders in a range of complex transactions such as public and private equity and debt securities offerings, high-yield debt offerings, initial public offerings, secondary offerings, mergers and acquisitions, tender offers, going private transactions, reorganizations, and recapitalizations.
Our expertise in this practice area extends beyond our ability to design and execute innovative approaches to a variety of transactions and securities law issues. The rules governing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other entities have undergone radical transformation, and more changes are ahead. Compliance is an increasingly time- and resource-consuming process for public companies. Our securities law experts provide valuable insight and counsel that helps corporate officers, directors, and board committee members navigate the post-Sarbanes-Oxley regulatory waters.
Jerome M. Schwartz
313-223-3628 or jschwartz@dickinsonwright.com
Michael T. Raymond
734-623-1663 or mraymond@dickinsonwright.com
Carl Oosterhouse
616-336-1007 or coosterhouse@dickinsonwright.com
Areas of expertise
- Initial public offerings
- Secondary public offerings
- Shelf registrations
- Asset securitization
- 144A offerings
- Private placements
- Acquisition financing
- Venture capital financing
- Tender offers
- Issuer tender and buy-backs
- Conduit municipal bond financings
- Going private transactions
- Hostile takeovers (offensive and defensive)
- Securities reporting compliance
- Investment Company Act compliance
- Broker/dealer registration and compliance
- Investment Advisors
- Asset and/or stock acquisitions
- Stock and/or cash mergers
- Tender offers
- Management and leveraged buyouts
- Going-private transactions
- Recapitalizations
- Reorganizations
- Liquidations
- Organization and capitalization of business entities
- Governance
- Compensation plans
- Regulatory compliance
- Shareholder rights
- Shareholder agreements
- Duties and responsibilities of boards of directors
- Internal audit controls
- Internal investigations
- Disclosure
- Record keeping
- Conflicts of interest
- Anti-takeover issues
Related practice areas:
- Corporate governance
- Private equity
- Real estate
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Contact the following specialist for more information:
Richard M. Bolton
313-223-3648 or rbolton@dickinsonwright.com