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WILLIAM H. HERITAGE, III
Mr. Heritage concentrates his practice in the areas of mergers and
acquisitions, business formation and planning, corporate law and
real estate law.
Experience:
Will's practice
includes representation of small to large privately-held businesses
as well as several international business clients. Many of his
clients are involved in the automotive industry. He assists
businesses in their formation and counsels them on all general
corporate matters including, governance issues, contracts, and
financing. He works with closely-held business to develop
succession planning and buy-sell agreements.
His experience
includes many complex business transactions, and he has represented
both purchasers and sellers. A representative list of his
transaction experience is described below. Will's representation of
merger and acquisition clients covers the entire spectrum of the
transaction from initial assessment and planning, drafting letters
of intent, and conducting due diligence through negotiating the
transaction, preparing the transaction agreements, closing and
post-closing.
Will conducts a very active real estate practice representing
clients with the purchasing, selling and leasing of commercial,
industrial and retail properties. He is also experienced in real
estate financing.
Will was an Editorial Board Member, Law Review, Detroit College of
Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan (Member, Sections:
Real Estate and Corporate Law); Oakland County Bar Association and
American Bar Association (Member, Section: Business Law; Member,
Committee for Negotiated Acquisitions). Member, German
American Chamber of Commerce.
Selected Articles include:
- "Kassab v. Michigan Basic Property Assn: Contract Performance Not Within Civil Rights Act," 1993 Det. C.L. Rev. 1687 (1993)
Selected Transactions Include:
- Purchase
of a division of a publicly traded company operated as a Mexican maquiladora and
successful negotiation of a multi-year One Billion Dollar exclusive supply
agreement with the seller;
- Corporate
reorganization of a privately held niche auto supplier and vehicle manufacturer
involving mezzanine financing and new investors
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Divestiture of a privately held metal fabricating company to an investment
banking group with subsequent roll-up and initial public offering
- Sale of
precision turning business with multiple facilities;
- Sale of
a specialty
plastic mold business and Ohio facility;
- Sale of a
software development firm to a publicly traded British company;
- Purchase
of a multi-state food sales and distribution business;
- Sale of a
closely-held oil and lubricant business;
- Sale of
specialty aluminum stamping automotive business; and
- Purchase
and reorganization of German strategic joint venture.
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