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For more than 40 years, Charlie McCallum has counseled business clients and represented those clients in a variety of transactions. His practice includes all aspects of business law, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, joint ventures, distribution arrangements, and transnational transactions and investments. He has advised both publicly held and privately owned businesses, and has assisted the latter in managing the transition of ownership. He is a former Managing Partner of the Firm, and has chaired the Firm's International Business Practice Group.
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Representative Experience
- Managed the corporate, securities, and tax issues involved in combining five businesses with different ownership and represented for 35 years the resulting privately owned, multi-industry company (sales in excess of $300 million) headquartered on the Michigan lakeshore; in the course of that representation has handled the acquisition of a number of companies throughout the United States, as well as several dispositions and has assisted in the negotiation and structuring of transnational joint ventures, transnational mergers and acquisitions, and global distribution arrangements
- Represented the North American daughter companies of a large privately owned German multi-industry company (sales in excess of $300 million) for more than 30 years, and served on the boards of directors of those U.S. subsidiaries
- Assisted a large German automotive products (both Tier 1 and aftermarket) company with sales in excess of $300 million in the restructuring of its North American operations, and for more than 10 years counseled the German owner of the group as well as the group's North American daughter companies
- Represented the shareholders of companies in industries as diverse as publishing, direct marketing, food processing, agricultural equipment manufacturing and industrial machinery manufacturing in negotiating and completing the sales of their businesses in a variety of transactions
- Assisted clients in making acquisitions and mergers, including joint ventures, both within and outside the United States in a number of industries including automotive products, printing equipment, furniture products, and industrial conveyor equipment
- Assisted a West Michigan manufacturing company to acquire a manufacturing company in Germany
- Assisted a large Japanese company to establish its first North American manufacturing operation
- Assisted a very large (sales in excess of $2 billion) privately owned global manufacturing and sales company in implementing a structured plan for succession of ownership, governance, and management
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Honors And Awards
Fulbright Scholar, University of Manchester (England), Faculty of Law 1960-61 Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, The Best Lawyers in America and named a Super Lawyer in the 2007 edition of Michigan Super Lawyers Recognized for his corporate and mergers-acquisitions expertise by Chambers USA Guide Sigma Xi Science Honorary Society Order of the Coif Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review Fellow, American College of Law Practice Management Member, American Law Institute Former Managing Partner of the Firm West Michigan World Trader of the Year, 1998 Former Chair, Michigan District Export Council
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Bar Associations
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American Bar Association
Immediate Past Chair of Section of Business Law; Member, ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services; Former Chair, Committee on Law Firms and Committee on Professional Conduct
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American Bar Association (cont.)
Member, Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice; Member, Task Force on Corporate Responsibility; Former Chair, Standing Committee. on Ethics & Professional Responsibility
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State Bar of Michigan
Business Law Section, Former Chair, 1988-89
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Grand Rapids Bar Association
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International Bar Association
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Tennessee Bar Association
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Teaching and Lecturing
- Member, Editorial Board, Past Editor-in-Chief, The Business Lawyer
- Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, 1961-64
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Publications
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Professional Affiliations
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TerraLex (an international legal referral network)
Chair and CEO
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Community Affiliations
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Grand Rapids Art Museum
Past Chair
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Michigan District Export Council
Past Chair
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Priority Health
Past Chair
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The Right Place Program
Past Executive Board Member
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Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
Past Chair
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Butterworth Hospital
Past Chair
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Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority
Past Chair
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Research and Technology Institute of West Michigan
Past Chair
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Volunteer Trustees of Not-for-Profit Hospitals
Past Chair
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News
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