Emily E. Cantor
- Partner
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- Florence Garmon
I truly enjoy engaging with clients to understand their business goals, and developing legal solutions to help them meet those goals, whatever form it takes. Sometimes that involves navigating Michigan’s complex liquor laws and cannabis regulatory framework. Other times it means developing a set of user-friendly commercial contracts or structuring the sale of a company’s equity or assets. My clients and I collaborate closely, integrating business concerns and legal considerations to help their organizations thrive, grow and transform.
Emily Cantor assists companies of all sizes with a broad range of legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions, cannabis and liquor license transactions and compliance, contract development and review and corporate governance. Emily serves companies across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, retail, distribution and hospitality.
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Commercial and Contracting
- Advises both sellers and buyers regarding acquisition matters, and negotiates and drafts agreements and related documents necessary for all stages of the acquisition process.
- Prepares and reviews a variety of commercial contracts, including supply, distribution, manufacturing, confidentiality and consulting agreements, for clients in the manufacturing, retail, automotive, medical supply, medical service, and other industries.
- Drafted complete form contract library for numerous clients, including a medical research institute and a medical device supplier (sales, service, research, collaboration, license and intellectual property agreements).
Cannabis and Liquor Licenses
- Assists
Commercial and Contracting
- Advises both sellers and buyers regarding acquisition matters, and negotiates and drafts agreements and related documents necessary for all stages of the acquisition process.
- Prepares and reviews a variety of commercial contracts, including supply, distribution, manufacturing, confidentiality and consulting agreements, for clients in the manufacturing, retail, automotive, medical supply, medical service, and other industries.
- Drafted complete form contract library for numerous clients, including a medical research institute and a medical device supplier (sales, service, research, collaboration, license and intellectual property agreements).
Cannabis and Liquor Licenses
- Assists clients with purchase and sale of businesses holding cannabis and liquor licenses and permits.
- Advises clients on liquor license and cannabis compliance matters.
- Represents new and existing businesses in securing liquor licenses (including licenses purchased from third parties, licenses transferred under court order and newly-granted licenses).
Representative Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry in the sale of a majority of its stock to The Hoffmann Family of Companies
- Assisted in representation of Spartan Stores, Inc. in its merger with Nash-Finch Company.
- Assisted in representation of Morbark, LLC in its merger with an affiliate of Stellex Capital Management.
- Assisted in representation of ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. in its merger with County Bank Corp. and its acquisition of Community Shores Bank Corporation
- Assisted in representation of Chemical Financial Corporation in its merger with Talmer Bancorp, Inc. and its acquisitions of Northwestern Bancorp, Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc. and Lake Michigan Financial Corporation.
- Assisted in representation of Founders Financial Corporation in its merger with Old National Bancorp.
- Assisted in representation of Mercantile Bank Corporation in its acquisition of Firstbank Corporation.
- “Implementing a People Strategy,” Warner Human Resources Seminar, April 29, 2013, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- “Implementing a People Strategy,” Warner Human Resources Seminar, April 29, 2013, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Will Your Force Majeure Clause Protect Your Business in an Unpredictable World?Ahead of the Curve Auto Supplier
- Warner Attorneys Selected for Multiple Honors by Best Lawyers in America®
- Warner Attorneys Awarded Multiple Honors by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- Emily Cantor Joins First Steps Kent Commission
- Warner Partner Emily E. Cantor Recognized as Michigan Go To Lawyer for Cannabis Law by Michigan Lawyers Weekly
- Emily Cantor Joins Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation Board of Directors
- Warner Attorneys Selected for Multiple Honors by Best Lawyers in America®
- Warner Attorneys Selected for Multiple Honors by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- MiBiz Honors Warner Partner Justin Stemple, Shepler’s Transaction with Dealmaker of the Year Awards
- 18 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- Warner Represented Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry in the Sale of a Majority of Its Stock to The Hoffmann Family of Companies
- 19 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- Warner Represents Horizon Bank in Acquisition of 14 TCF Branches
- 20 Warner Attorneys Named to Rising Stars List by Michigan Super Lawyers Magazine
- Warner Represented CCL Industries Inc. in US$600 Million Offering of 3.050% Notes Due 2030
- Warner Representing ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. in the Acquisition of Community Shores Bank Corporation
- Warner Names Six Attorneys as Partners
- Warner Represents Vilex and Orthex in Acquisition by OrthoPediatrics
- Warner Represents ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. in Its Merger with County Bank Corp.
- Warner Represents Structural Concepts Corporation in Its Sale to Mason Wells
- Warner Represents TCSB Bancorp, Inc. in Its Merger With Independent Bank Corporation
- Warner Represented West Shore Bank in the Acquisition of Ellis Capital Management
- Warner Represented Donnelly Penman & Partners as Placement Agent in $15 Million Common Stock Offering
- Warner Represented CCL Industries Inc. in US$500 Million Offering of 3.25% Senior Notes Due 2026
- Chemical Financial Corporation Completes Merger with Talmer Bancorp, Inc.
- Warner Representing Birmingham Bloomfield Bancshares, Inc. (Bank of Birmingham) in Merger with Arbor Bancorp, Inc. (Bank of Ann Arbor)
- Warner Representing West Shore Bank in $8.3 Million Acquisition of West Michigan Bank & Trust
- Warner is advising Perrigo Company in the sale of its U.S. Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements Business
- Warner advises Consumers Energy Company in its $155 Million Power Plant Acquisition
- HHS Recommends DEA Reschedule Marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III – Now What?
- Michigan Liquor Control Commission Begins Spirits Buyback Program
- Will Your Force Majeure Clause Protect Your Business in an Unpredictable World?
- “Pandemic pushes more corporations to hold virtual annual shareholder meetings,” MiBiz, 4/19/20
- “The Dangers of Prolonged Record Retention,” Lake View News, April/May 2014
- “Pandemic pushes more corporations to hold virtual annual shareholder meetings,” MiBiz, 4/19/20
- “The Dangers of Prolonged Record Retention,” Lake View News, April/May 2014