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Mr. Bernard is the leader of the Corporate Finance Practice Group. His practice focuses primarily on business planning, general corporate and securities matters, with an emphasis on:
Mergers and acquisitions, including asset purchases and stock purchases, representing both buyers and sellers, as well as recapitalizations.
Financing transactions, including private and public offerings of securities, secured and unsecured senior, mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities and seed and venture financings.
Corporate formation matters for emerging businesses, including shareholder control and buy-sell arrangements.
Public company securities compliance and corporate governance, including directors' duties, periodic reporting, disclosure and corporate insider responsibilities for public companies.
Experience
Asset Acceptance Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: AACC)
Equity recapitalization
IPO
Secondary public offering
Avail Networks, Inc.
Formation of Avail Networks (including private placement of securities) and purchase of business and assets from Cabletron Systems, Inc.
Venture financing of Preferred Stock - Series A
Venture financing of Preferred Stock - Series B
Belfor USA Group, Inc.
Purchase of assets and business of S-K General Contracting, Inc.
Purchase of business and assets of a private company
Purchase of business and assets of Mark of Excellence, Inc.
Brunswick Corporation
Purchase of business and assets of Valley Dynamo, LP
Purchase of business and assets of Marine Innovations Warranty Corp.
BullsEye Telecom, Inc.
Venture financing of Preferred Stock
Elmos USA, Inc.
Purchase of business and assets of IC Sensors, Inc.
Global Fax, LLC
Sale of business and assets to DealerTrack Digital Services, Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRAK)
Ideal Technologies Solutions U.S., Inc.
Venture financing of Preferred Stock
Jebco Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Sale of business and assets to Noble International, Inc.
Koenig Fuel & Supply Co.
Sale of business and assets to KP1 LLC
Kurtz Gravel Company
Sale of stock to U.S. Concrete, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMIX)
MCE Technologies, Inc.
Acquisition of Metelics Corporation through triangular merger
Purchase of stock of Densitron Microwave Limited, Southend-on-Sea, England, from Densitron International
Commercial line of credit and mezzanine investment of senior subordinated debt and warrants (in connection with acquisition of Densitron Microwave Limited)
Merger of MCE Technologies, Inc. into Aeroflex Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARXX)
SequoiaNet.com, Inc.
Spin out of business from Panurgy Corporation to Analysts International, Inc.
U.S. Manufacturing Corporation
Purchase of business and assets of a strategic product line from Tier 1 automotive supplier
Wise Solutions, Inc.
Merger of Wise Solutions, Inc. into Alteris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS)
Civic and Cultural Involvements
City of Grosse Pointe Employees' Retirement System - Chairman, Board of Trustees
Design Regional Detroit - Advisory Council
Detroit Athletic Club - Community Outreach Committee
Detroit Regional Chamber - General Counsel, Executive Committee and Board of Directors; Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
Downtown Detroit Partnership - Board of Trustees
Elmwood Cemetery - Trustee
Leadership Detroit XXII - graduated June 2001
Michigan Venture Capital Association - Secretary
Notre Dame Club of Detroit - Board of Directors, Past President
Awards
Notre Dame Club of Detroit - 2003 Award of the Year
Named 2006 Michigan Super Lawyer by Law & Politics
Recognized by Chambers USA-America's Leading Business Lawyers 2005-2006 - Corporate/M&A
Recognized by Chambers USA-America's Leading Business Lawyers 2006-2007 - Corporate/M&A
Recognized in The Best Lawyers of America, Mergers & Acquisitions Law (2007).
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