Mr. Peters is a member of Bodman’s Business Practice Group and Automotive and Industrial Team. He routinely represents a variety of clients in mergers and acquisitions, including both public and private companies.
His transactions include purchases and sales of entire businesses, as well as subsidiaries and divisions, in a range of industries, including automotive, infrastructure, insurance, telecommunications, and life sciences. Mr. Peters also provides counsel regarding securities regulation and securities law compliance matters, and has represented issuers in initial public and private securities offerings, including high-yield debt offerings and demutualizations.
Mr. Peters has extensive experience acting as general counsel to several private equity portfolio companies, including representation of Key Plastics L.L.C. during the restructuring of its European operations, as well as continuing to provide counsel on day-to-day business and commercial issues. He also regularly advises clients regarding international transactions.
While a partner at another large local firm, Mr. Peters was recognized as Member of the Year by World Services Group, an international legal and business referral network.
DBusiness magazine named Mr. Peters a “Top Lawyer” in Commercial, M&A and Securities Law for 2020. He is listed in Chambers USA 2019 under Corporate/M&A and Michigan Super Lawyers 2019 under Business/Corporate. He is the immediate past chair of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
Mr. Peters serves as assistant scoutmaster of Troop 1022 (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) and is a member of the Order of the Arrow, the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America.
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
- Chambers USA 2019, Corporate/M&A
- DBusiness Magazine "Top Lawyers" 2013-2014, 2018-2020, Commercial Law, M&A Law and Securities Law
- Michigan Super Lawyers 2019, Business/Corporate
- Order of the Arrow, the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America that recognizes those who best live the ideals of brotherhood, cheerfulness, and service
Professional Activities
- State Bar of Michigan
- Business Law Section
- Business Law Section Council, Chair 2017-2018
- Programs Director
- Business Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities
- Negotiated Acquisitions Committee
- Business Law Section
Civic, Cultural and Community Activities
- Boy Scouts of America
- Troop 1022, Assistant Scoutmaster
Publications
- Co-author, "Dealing With an Offer You Can’t Refuse: The Increasingly Popular ‘Go Shop’," Corporate Board Member (March 22, 2007)
- Author, "Avoiding Bumps in the Road: Getting to Closing When Buying or Selling a Business," Mergers & Acquisitions (November 2005)
- Author, "A Primer on Buying and Selling a Business," Tips4Biz (Detroit Regional Chamber e-newsletter) (December 1, 2005)
- Co-author, "Private Companies Toe the SOX Line," Mergers & Acquisitions (October 2005)
- Co-author, "Sarbanes-Oxley is Not Just for Private Companies," The Deal (September 18, 2005)
- Co-author, "Corporations” chapter, Michigan Business Formbook, Second Edition, Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Related News
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- 11/01/201842 Bodman Attorneys named to “Top Lawyers 2019” by DBusiness Magazine
- 09/10/201853 Bodman Attorneys Listed in Michigan Super Lawyers 2018
- Wayne State University Law School, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif
- Southern Methodist University, M.A.
- Southern Methodist University, M.B.A.
- University of Kansas, B.M.E.
- Michigan
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Michigan
- Detroit Bar Association (DBA)