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Corporate and Transactional Law

1095 6th Ave, Dechert LLP, New York, NY 10036

Blake Gilson is an associate in the New York office of Milbank and a member of the firm’s Transportation and Space Group. EDUCATION: Fordham University School of Law, J.D., Columbia University, B.A. ADMISSIONS: New York EXPERIENCE: Transportation and Space, Space and Satellite.

Corporate and Transactional Law

41700 Six Mile Rd suite 101, Northville, MI 48168, USA

Brandon Grysko serves as counsel to businesses, nonprofit entities, as well as local government boards and commissions. Brandon’s practice includes employment, HR and labor relations issues, commercial contracts and transactions, business succession planning, and real estate/land-use transactions. Brandon also helps individuals and families with their estate planning goals and probate and trust administration needs. Brandon is a graduate of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. He graduated Magna Cum Laude as the second in his class. While attending law school, Brandon clerked for a local firm assisting practice groups with their labor and employment and municipal insurance defense practice groups. Brandon earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Madonna University. Before becoming an attorney, Brandon served over 7 years with a local police department, where he also spent several years on the executive board and negotiating team for the local police union. Brandon is a lifelong Livonia resident and a former city employee. He remains active in the community through the Livonia Chamber of Commerce. Brandon is a frequent presenter on up-and-coming topics affecting businesses and individuals. When Brandon isn’t serving his clients or the community, he is blessed to spend time with his lovely wife and three amazing children.

Corporate and Transactional Law

2765 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

Brian Covotta advises growth-oriented technology and biotechnology companies on corporate and securities transactions, including initial formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, the periodic reporting requirements of publicly held companies, and general corporate counseling. He works with clients in a variety of industries, including Internet, mobile, gaming, networking, security, semiconductor, software, biotechnology, telecommunications, clean technology, electronic design automation (EDA), flash memory, media, and medical devices. Brian also represents acquirers and targets in a variety of public, public-private, and private-private business combination transactions, as well as issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings. In addition, he represents venture capital firms in various corporate and securities transactional matters. Brian helps his clients’ management and boards of directors shape and execute their business strategies. Drawing on his extensive experience, he also provides counsel on legal issues ranging from day-to-day corporate and regulatory matters to corporate governance and other mission-critical initiatives, including acquisitions and capital market strategies.

Corporate and Transactional Law

370 East Maple Road, Third Floor, Birmingham, MI 48009

Brian is a founding partner of Lippitt O’Keefe, PLLC, along with Norman L. Lippitt. He supervises the firm’s transactional, real estate, business, and personal planning departments. During his more than 25 years as an attorney, Brian has represented local, regional, and national entities in general business and corporate matters, including formations, financings, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and dissolutions. He’s represented lenders, borrowers and developers in sophisticated real estate transactions. In addition, he represents individuals and entities in business and personal planning matters. Brian has focused his practice in recent years in the areas of venture capital financing where, among other things, he has represented both private equity funding sources and individuals and entities receiving angel and venture capital. Recently, Brian was a leading advocate for the retiree associations in the City of Detroit bankruptcy hearings. Brian received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University in June 1981, graduating cum laude. He then attended Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he achieved the degree of juris doctor in May, 1986. His professional memberships include the State Bar of Michigan, the Oakland County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He has also sat on the Board of Directors of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization of Michigan and the Manresa Retreat House. Brian has been distinguished with the highest ranking of AV by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Finally, Brian is outside general counsel to Realcomp II Ltd,, the largest real estate multi-listing service in the State of Michigan. Over the course of his career, Brian has been legal counsel in transactions with a cumulative value in excess of $1 billion.

Corporate and Transactional Law

217 Sansbury Trail, Warner Robins, GA 31088, USA

Area of Practice: Business Law