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Warner attorneys have experience in all the areas that matter to any early-stage businesses, including corporate and general business law, laws relating to securities and the raising of capital, human resources, employee benefits and related matters. But our attorneys also bring to the table practical knowledge about family businesses and closely held businesses. A significant change takes place when you combine family and business. Our law firm understands that and can address the unique issues that present themselves.

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Warner is skilled in laws pertaining to partnerships and limited liability companies. We work closely with other practice groups in our law firm to provide valuable counsel in areas that directly affect family and closely held businesses, including estate planning, income-tax planning and retirement-plan design. We have worked with hundreds of businesses, in Michigan and beyond, to develop and implement succession-planning strategies that keep business goals in mind, yet understand and respect the dynamics of family and of closely knit management teams.

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For early-stage businesses, our attorneys have worked on all aspects of "friends and family," angel and venture capital financing on behalf of both the operating companies and the investors. That includes not just individual investors, but funds and institutions too. We have represented Grand Angels, an angel-investor group based in West Michigan, as well as local seed capital and hedge funds in the formation and investing businesses. We have also represented companies that receive funds from such organizations.

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Innovation Lunch-and-Learn Series

Agribusiness and Food

Craft Brewery

Warner Client GeekMyTree Featured on Shark Tank

Linda Paullin-Hebden Named to Detroit 500 List

21 Warner Attorneys Rated 2022 Top Lawyer by DBusiness

Warner Partner Timothy L. Horner Named a 2019 “Leader in Law” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly

Filling the Funding Gap: More capital required to meet $1.3 billion need from existing Michigan companies

Macomb Community College’s First-Ever Student Pitch Competition Awards More Than $9,000 To Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Linda Paullin-Hebden Named To Crain’s Detroit Business “Notable Women Lawyers” List

Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator Reaches Successful Milestone in Under a Year

Crain’s Detroit Business Names Linda Paullin-Hebden to “100 Most Influential Women” List

Warner Partner Bruce C. Young Honored by Inclusion in Michigan Lawyers Weekly 2022 Hall of Fame

Partner

Loren Andrulis

Sean H. Cook

Of Counsel

Cameron S. “Cam” DeLong

Frank E. Henke

Timothy L. “Tim” Horner

Paul R. Jackson

Matthew D. “Matt” Johnson

Michael J. “Mike” Jones

Stephen R. “Steve” Kretschman

Associate

John C. Muhs

Robert J. “Bob” Nolan

Jeffrey A. “Jeff” Ott

Linda Paullin-Hebden

James E. “Jim” Romzek

Gregory E. “Greg” Schmidt

Michael H. “Mike” Schubert

Bruce C. Young

Assists clients with entity formation and other start-up issues

Business Start-Ups

Start-Up Services

Warner is experienced in forming medical start-ups. We provided the legal services for the formation of a joint venture-owned health facility having primary care, specialty care, laboratory services and an ambulatory surgical center. 
Warner&#8217;s team worked on business formation, governance documents, facility construction, operations and staffing contracts, zoning litigation, regulatory approvals and licensing, and counsel on ongoing legal matters.

Health Law

Joint Venture Health Facility Start-up

Corporate

Trusts and Estates

Warner designed the succession planning for the founding generation of a midsized manufacturing company.
Succession planning tools and techniques used include multiple classes of stock, grantor retained annuity trusts, a family limited liability company, and irrevocable life insurance trusts.

Succession Planning

Family Business Succession Planning for midsized manufacturing co

Business Startups and Early Round Financing

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