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Dykema

J. Michael Bernard

Member

Expertise

Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity, Venture Capital & Mezzanine Finance

WSG Practice Industries

Activity

WSG Leadership

WSG Boad of Directors

Chairman 2019/ 2020

WSG Boad of Directors

Chairman Elect 2018/ 2019

WSG Boad of Directors

Director 2016/ 2017

WSG Boad of Directors

Director 2014/ 2015

WSG Regional Council

Past Member

WSG BOD Executive Committee

Active Since 2017

Strategic Planning Committee 2020

Group Leader

DealMaker Group

Member

Automotive Group

Member

Mergers & Acquisitions Group

Member

Dykema
Michigan, U.S.A.

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313-568-5374

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Profile

Mike Bernard is a member of the Corporate Finance Group and his practice focuses primarily on business counseling and planning, with an emphasis on:

Mergers and acquisitions (representing both buyer and sellers);
Capital raising transactions (including private placement, private equity and seed and venture financings);
Corporate formation matters (including shareholder control and buy-sell arrangements);
Corporate governance (for profit and nonprofit entities); and
Executive employment agreements and related matters.

Mr. Bernard has experience in a variety of industries, including automotive, manufacturing, services and technology.

Mr. Bernard is a former member of Dykema’s Executive Board and is the former leader of the Firm’s Corporate Finance Practice Group.

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1985

Education

University of Cincinnati, J.D. Law Review, Co-Chair Student Articles Editor University of Notre Dame, B.B.A. (Accounting)

Areas of Practice

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments

Notre Dame Club of Detroit, Award of the Year, 2003

Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers for Mergers & Acquisitions, Business/Corporate, Securities & Corporate Finance, 2006-2014

Named a Leading Corporate/M&A Lawyer by Chambers USA, 2005-2014

Named Detroit "Lawyer of the Year" for Mergers & Acquisitions Law by Best Lawyers 2014

Recognized in The Best Lawyers of America, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2007-2015.

Named a Top Lawyer by dbusiness Magazine for Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Law, 2010-2014

Recipient of an AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations

World Services Group, Board of Directors and past Chair, North American Regional Council

Articles

Dealmaker Optimism Soars to Record High in Dykema 14th Annual M&A Survey
Dykema, October 2018

Impact of Trump Administration, Midterm Elections and the Rise of Automotive M&ARespondents to Dykema’s 14th Annual M&A Outlook Survey expressed the highest level of optimism for the M&A market in the 14-year history of the firm’s survey. Sixty-five percent of respondents expect the M&A market to strengthen over the next 12 months, significantly up from the mid- to high 30s where it has remained for the past several years...

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