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Warner Norcross + Judd LLP is a corporate law firm with over 230 attorneys serving clients in nine offices throughout Michigan. Among the largest law firms in Michigan, Warner works in virtually all areas of business law.

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Warner represented a client company that operated, prior to the ESOP creation, through separate corporate entities. We consolidated those entities on a tax-free basis to position the company to maximize the value of the ESOP transaction.&nbsp;We then helped the company negotiate approval of the transaction with the company&rsquo;s key stakeholders, including the shareholders, senior lender, bonding company and the union representing a large percentage of the company&rsquo;s employees.
We also negotiated the transaction terms with an independent ESOP trustee. 
Our work ultimately resulted in a successful closing and the transition of the company&rsquo;s ownership to become a 100% ESOP-owned company.

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