Verne C. Hampton II
Member
PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, including the preparation and review of registration statements, proxy statements for mergers and annual meetings, tender offers, and SEC annual and quarterly reports.
Counsel to companies on going private transactions and associated issues.
Counsel to various parties in numerous mergers or acquisitions in the banking, real estate, automotive, and manufacturing industries.
Counsel to issuers or underwriters in voluminous registered public offerings.
Counsel to a bank in its initial organization and capitalization, the organization of its bank holding company, and public offerings.
Counsel to both issuers and target companies in tender offer transactions.
Serve as general counsel to various corporations.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Borders Group, Inc.Carhartt, Inc. - Director and Corporate SecretaryDearborn Bancorp, Inc.Family Foundations and Trustee of numerous TrustsNuveen Bond FundsR & R Radio CorporationPROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
- State Bar of Michigan, Past Chairman, Business Law Section
- Attorney Discipline Board, Chairman of Panel
- National Association of Securities Dealers, Arbitrator
- 2007 Recipient of Schulman Outstanding Business Lawyer Award
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Grosse Pointe Farms Foundation, Trustee
- Boys & Girls of Metro Detroit, Former Trustee
- Business Education/Alliance Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Former Officer and Director