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Chambers just ranked ours as one of the country’s leading business law firms.
Awards aren’t everything in the legal profession. Still, when you have been selected as one of the country’s leading business law firms - as Dickinson Wright has - it tells you something. Especially when you consider that Chambers does such extensive research in every state to determine the best business lawyers in the country.
And when you consider that 11 of our lawyers achieved individual recognition in five featured practice areas, it just substantiates everything we have been known for since 1878 - credibility, creativity, depth of experience and intellectual firepower. Put our reputation to work for you and let us add value to your enterprise.
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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
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
