Practice Expertise

  • Business Services
  • Corporate Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Asset Purchases

Areas of Practice

  • Asset Purchases
  • Business Services
  • Corporate Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Annual Survey
  • Private Equity, Venture Capital & ...
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Profile

Brendan Cahill is a Member of Dykema’s Corporate Finance Practice Group and serves on the Firm's Executive Board. He has over 25 years of experience representing clients on mergers and acquisitions, investments, and joint venture transactions; business planning; and general corporate counseling. His experience includes middle market acquisitions and dispositions for private equity and strategic clients, with particular experience in the automotive and manufacturing industries. He also is the former Director of Dykema’s Automotive Industry Group.

Mr. Cahill’s experience includes:

  • Representing private equity firms (including independent sponsors) and related portfolio companies;
  • Private company mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions;
  • Representing institutional investors with respect to co-investment transactions;
  • General corporate representation including counsel to Boards of Directors, entity formation and capitalization, shareholder agreements, customer and supplier relationships, and executive employment matters; and
  • The formation of certified minority business enterprises.

Mr. Cahill regularly speaks on M&A and joint venture topics. 

Prior to joining Dykema, Mr. Cahill worked in the financial derivative products trading industry. 

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1994

Education
University of Michigan, J.D. University of Notre Dame, B.A., with honors

Areas of Practice

  • Asset Purchases
  • Business Services
  • Corporate Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Annual Survey
  • Private Equity, Venture Capital & Mezzanine Finance

Professional Career

Professional Associations
  • Oakland County Bar Association
  • Michigan State Bar Association, Section of Business Law
  • American Bar Association, Section of Business Law


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