Bruce C.

Young

Of Counsel

Representation of numerous family businesses and their owners in transition of ownership and management to future generations, professional management, or third party purchasers.
Formation and reorganization of family-owned and other closely held business interests, including use of voting and non-voting structures and strategic arrangements for owners who are and are not active in the business.
Preparation of shareholder and other buy and sell agreements for family and closely held businesses with a focus on controlling and structuring succession of ownership and management.
General corporate representation of large and small businesses on corporate governance, commercial, and transactional matters.
Third party legal opin

Representation of numerous family businesses and their owners in transition of ownership and management to future generations, professional management, or third party purchasers.
Formation and reorganization of family-owned and other closely held business interests, including use of voting and non-voting structures and strategic arrangements for owners who are and are not active in the business.
Preparation of shareholder and other buy and sell agreements for family and closely held businesses with a focus on controlling and structuring succession of ownership and management.
General corporate representation of large and small businesses on corporate governance, commercial, and transactional matters.
Third party legal opinions for secured and unsecured financings, mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions.

Bruce C.
Young

Of Counsel

“Roundtable: Communication, transparency among keys to managing successful family businesses,” MiBiz, 9/23/19
“Family-owned businesses need family meetings,” The Grand Rapids Business Journal, 10/17/14

“Roundtable: Communication, transparency among keys to managing successful family businesses,” MiBiz, 9/23/19
“Family-owned businesses need family meetings,” The Grand Rapids Business Journal, 10/17/14
The Ethical Considerations in Third Party Opinion Practice – Withdrawal from an Opinion Engagement and Disaffirmance of a Previously Issued Opinion, co-authored with Charles E. McCallum, The Business Lawyer, May 2014
“Family business and the minority shareholder,” The Grand Rapids Business Journal, 2/5/12
“Another kind of sustainability,” quoted in The Grand Rapids Business Journal, 1/10/11
“Addressing transfers of ownership in family businesses,” The Grand Rapids Business Journal, 12/9/10
“Family businesses need effective leadership boards,” The Grand Rapids Business Journal, 3/29/10
“A shareholder agreement even with family members,” The Grand Rapids Business Journal, 6/22/09

Representation of numerous family businesses and their owners in transition of ownership and management to future generations, professional management, or third party purchasers.
Formation and reorganization of family-owned and other closely held business interests, including use of voting and non-voting structures and strategic arrangements for owners who are and are not active in the business.
Preparation of shareholder and other buy and sell agreements for family and closely held businesses with a focus on controlling and structuring succession of ownership and management.
General corporate representation of large and small businesses on corporate governance, commercial, and transactional matters.
Third party legal opin

Representation of numerous family businesses and their owners in transition of ownership and management to future generations, professional management, or third party purchasers.
Formation and reorganization of family-owned and other closely held business interests, including use of voting and non-voting structures and strategic arrangements for owners who are and are not active in the business.
Preparation of shareholder and other buy and sell agreements for family and closely held businesses with a focus on controlling and structuring succession of ownership and management.
General corporate representation of large and small businesses on corporate governance, commercial, and transactional matters.
Third party legal opinions for secured and unsecured financings, mergers and acquisitions and securities transactions.

Named the Best Lawyers’ 2023 Grand Rapids Business Organizations Lawyer of the Year
Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2022 Hall of Fame
Lawyer of the Year, Grand Rapids Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), Best Lawyers’ 2020 and 2017
Lawyer of the Year, Grand Rapids Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Best Lawyers’ 2021, 2019
Best Lawyers in America
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), 2016-Present
- Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, 2015-Present
- Corporate Law, 2013-Present
Leading Lawyers Michigan, 2014-Present
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Selected as a member of the Senior Neighbors 16 Over 60 class, 2020

Bruce loves spending time outdoors or on the water and admits he is spoiled with family properties in Northern Michigan and Ontario, Canada. Some of that ties to a lifelong connection to the Boy Scouts that began when he was a kid and continues with his involvement on the organization’s state-level board. He still has the car that he bought when he was a first-year associate in 1983 – a two-seater 1983 Mazda RX–7 that remains one of his prized possessions. When people see his Ford Expedition parked next to it, a few have asked him whether he puts “the little one” in the back of “the big one” when not in use.

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