Michael J. Jones

Partner | mjones@wnj.com | V-Card Grand RapidsT 616.752.2212F 616.222.2212 Michael Jones practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law, corporate finance, commercial contracts, joint ventures and licensing and distribution arrangements. He has extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and has successfully completed several dozen transactions, including stock and asset transactions for both privately held businesses and publicly traded companies.

Michael Jones practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law, corporate finance, commercial contracts, joint ventures and licensing and distribution arrangements. He has extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and has successfully completed several dozen transactions, including stock and asset transactions for both privately held businesses and publicly traded companies.

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Education

  • Wayne State University J.D. 2004 magna cum laude
  • University of Michigan B.A. 2001    

Admitted

  • 2004, Michigan

Honors and Awards

  • Named as a Michigan Super Lawyer Rising Star - 2008, 2010-2012
  • Order of the Coif
  • Senior Articles Editor, The Wayne Law Review
  • Gold Key Scholar
  • Dean's Scholar
  • Bokoff & Mall Scholarship
  • Frances and Charles Driker Scholarship
  • Ida and Benjamin Alpert Foundation Scholarship
  • Faculty Award
  • Charles V. Hammond Memorial Scholarship
  • Bernard L. Mass Scholarship

Bar Associations

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • Grand Rapids Bar Association

Experience

  • EJ Group, Inc. and East Jordan Iron Works, Inc., one of the world's largest municipal castings companies, in its corporate reorganization and two acquisitions in 2012
  • Kent Foundry in its sale of stock to Amerector, Inc.
  • Howmedica Osteonics Corp., an affiliate of Stryker Corporation (NYSE) in its acquisition of Marshall Steele & Associates, LLC, a health care consulting firm based in Chicago, Illinois
  • Perrigo Company (Nasdaq), in its acquisition of CanAm Care, LLC, a diabetes care company
  • Hadley Products Corporation, in its acquisitions and divestitures of automotive industry businesses
  • Stryker Corporation's (NYSE) Medical Division in its acquisition of Gaymar Industries from Nautic Partners, a private equity firm
  • Perrigo Company (Nasdaq) in its acquisition of the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for clindamycin phosphate and benzoyl peroxide gel from KV Pharmaceutical
  • Van Andel Research Institute in its affiliation with the Translational Genomics Research Institute
  • Advance Packaging Corporation in its joint venture with Action Packaging, LLC and Safeway Packaging, Inc.
  • REDV Family Limited Partnership in various venture capital investments, including its investment in Energetx Holdings, Inc., Next Step Living, Electratherm, Inc. and Zipments Corp.
  • Stryker Corporation's (NYSE) Instruments Division in its acquisition of assets used to produce the Sonopet Ultrasonic Aspirator control consoles, hand pieces and accessories from Mutoh Co., Ltd. (a Japanese corporation) and Synergetics USA, Inc. (Nasdaq)
  • Stryker Corporation's (NYSE) Medical Division in its acquisition of Paramed Corporation through a reverse triangular merger
  • Louis Padnos Iron and Metal Company in its purchase of assets and real property from Franklin & Son, Inc.
  • Howmedica Osteonics Corp., an affiliate of Stryker Corporation (NYSE), in its acquisition of Ross Creek Medical, Inc. through a reverse triangular merger
  • Perrigo Company (Nasdaq) in its purchase of stock from Cardinal-Unico Holding Company, an affiliate of Cardinal Growth, a private equity company
  • Center for Molecular Medicine in its sale of assets to Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq)
  • East Jordan Iron Works in its purchase of assets from LeBaron Foundry
  • Manatron, Inc. (Nasdaq) in its sale to an affiliate of Thoma Cressey Bravo, a private equity company
  • Kayak Holdings, LLC in its purchase of Ranir, LLC from an affiliate of the private equity company, Linden LLC
  • Monarch Hydraulics, Inc. in the sale of assets and real estate to Lake Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of a Swiss publicly traded company
  • Perrigo Company (Nasdaq) in its purchase of stock from Qualis, Inc.
  • Stryker Corporation's (NYSE) Medical Division in its acquisition of Air Movement Technologies, Inc.
  • Perrigo Company (Nasdaq) in its $200 million private placement of senior notes to institutional investors
  • American Litho, Inc., in the sale of stock and real estate to Konica Minolta Graphic Imaging U.S.A., Inc.
  • Corporate and securities work for publicly held companies, including Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE)
  • Gill Industries, Inc. in its acquisition of a factory located in Mexico City from Johnson Controls, Inc. 
  • DSM N.V. in the sale of its pharma chemical subsidiary to Albemarle Corporation (NYSE)
  • Manatron, Inc. (Nasdaq) in several stock and asset acquisitions
  • SMS Management Group, Inc. in its merger with Novatec, Inc.
  • Represented buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions in the software, medical device, pharmaceutical, automotive, biotech, manufacturing and foundry industries
  • Advise both NYSE and NASDAQ companies regarding Exchange Act compliance
  • Draft and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts, including supply agreements, distribution agreements and licensing arrangements

Publications

Community Affiliations

  • East Grand Rapids Library
    Board of Directors

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