Commercial and Contracting

• Advises both sellers and buyers regarding acquisition matters, and negotiates and drafts agreements and related documents necessary for all stages of the acquisition process.
• Prepares and reviews a variety of commercial contracts, including supply, distribution, manufacturing, confidentiality and consulting agreements, for clients in the manufacturing, retail, automotive, medical supply, medical service, and other industries.
• Drafted complete form contract library for numerous clients, including a medical research institute and a medical device supplier (sales, service, research, collaboration, license and intellectual property agreements).

Cannabis and Liquor Licenses

• Assists clients with purchase and sale of businesses holding cannabis and liquor licenses and permits.
• Advises clients on liquor license and cannabis compliance matters.
• Represents new and existing businesses in securing liquor licenses (including licenses purchased from third parties, licenses transferred under court order and newly-granted licenses).

Representative Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry in the sale of a majority of its stock to The Hoffmann Family of Companies
• Assisted in representation of Spartan Stores, Inc. in its merger with Nash-Finch Company.
• Assisted in representation of Morbark, LLC in its merger with an affiliate of Stellex Capital Management.
• Assisted in representation of ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. in its merger with County Bank Corp. and its acquisition of Community Shores Bank Corporation
• Assisted in representation of Chemical Financial Corporation in its merger with Talmer Bancorp, Inc. and its acquisitions of Northwestern Bancorp, Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc. and Lake Michigan Financial Corporation.
• Assisted in representation of Founders Financial Corporation in its merger with Old National Bancorp.
• Assisted in representation of Mercantile Bank Corporation in its acquisition of Firstbank Corporation.