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PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS
Experienced in the following areas:
International and domestic financial services
Government regulation of financial institutions
Mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions
Corporate finance
Consumer Credit
International operations and joint ventures
Asset securitization
Counsel to banks in all types of international and domestic commercial and trade finance, including syndicated credits, derivatives, letters of credit and acceptances.
Advise depository institutions and holding companies, from money-center to community institutions, on governmental regulation of their structure, activities and transactions.
Represent financial institutions and holding companies in formation of U.S. and foreign subsidiaries, and in acquisition of other financial institutions, including representation of successful buyer in contested acquisition of publicly-held bank.
Counsel to financial institutions and other corporations in corporate financing activities, including derivatives and asset securitizations.
Counsel to financial institutions and other lenders in creating and maintaining multi-state consumer credit programs, including a nationwide private label credit card for a major U.S. automobile manufacturer.
U.S. counsel to agent bank on $1.2 billion syndicated secured international credit facility.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and its affiliates
Bank of America, N.A.
Citizens Bank
mBank
Mercantile Bank Corporation and its subsidiaries
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Borders Group, Inc.
Chrysler L.L.C.
Petroliam Nasional Berhad
Visteon Corporation
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Banking & Financial Services
Insurance
International
Mergers & Acquisitions
Regulatory & Administrative Law
Securities
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
American Law Institute, Elected Member
International, American, and Federal Bar Associations
Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Director
DAnn Arbor Summer Festival, Inc., Director
Acknowledgements
Listed in Best Lawyers in America
Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, A.B. 1971 (with highest distinction )
Harvard University, J.D. 1974 | 