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Mr. Metz provides general corporate and securities representation for many of the firm's publicly-held corporate clients in areas such as defensive planning, directors' duties, periodic reporting, disclosure, the responsibilities of corporate insiders, stock-based benefit plans and insider trading rules. He has extensive experience in public and private securities offerings, acquisitions and dispositions of public and private companies, subsidiaries and divisions and private debt transactions, including single and multi-bank credit facilities and institutional private placements. Mr. Metz is the leader of Dykema's Corporate Governance Task Force, a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to monitoring legal developments, including those related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and advising clients on various corporate governance and compliance issues. Mr. Metz also provides representation and guidance to privately-owned clients, including emerging businesses. Mr. Metz joined Dykema in 1986.
Experience
Over the past few years, Mr. Metz has represented a number of clients in major securities offerings and acquisition and disposition transactions. | 