As published in Forefront By Matthew Rizzo, Director & Anson Smuts, Senior Associate As craft breweries strive to create novel beers in order to capture extra attention in this otherwise ultra-competitive industry, certain beer companies, such as Deschutes, are finding… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Susan Koss, Partner and Managing Director [The pharmaceutical companies have been recycling and repurposing drugs rather than creating new medicines.] There has been a tremendous amount of media coverage surrounding the opioid crisis in America…. Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Mike Deighan, Managing Director On April 10, O’Keefe held its 6th Annual Middle Market Forum in conjunction with Northwood University. We presented the results of our middle market economic survey sent out to 3,000 bankers, private equity… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Andrew Malec, Ph.D. Counter-intuitive to how most business executives think of federal agencies, Scott Gottlieb, head of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), has spent his first year at the agency focusing on getting more drugs to… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Russell Long, Partner and Managing Director Grow Michigan (“Grow MI”) was formed in 2012 to grow jobs and strengthen the small business community in Michigan. Since inception, it has deployed $51.1 million to companies that have helped increase and… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Griffin Wagner, Senior Associate In October of 2017 Pat O’Keefe was named CEO of Grow Michigan, LLC (Grow MI). We are excited to announce that the Michigan Strategic Fund has acknowledged Grow MI’s success in strengthening Michigan’s small business… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Andrew Malec, Ph.D., Partner and Managing Director In re MPM Silicones, LLC, the United States Court of Appeals (“Court”) reversed the decisions of the lower courts and concluded that the prevailing market rate for comparable debt should… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront and Michigan Lawyers Weekly By Anson Smuts, Senior Associate In May of this year the Supreme Court (“SC”) ruled in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC that patent holders are required to file infringement suits wherever… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront and the ABL Advisor By Susan Koss, Partner and Managing Director Successful investors know the importance of quality M&A due diligence cannot be overstated. Standard financial due diligence focuses on analyzing a company’s projections, historical financials, working capital… Continue Reading  

As published in Forefront By Matthew Rizzo, Director & Anson Smuts, Senior Associate In the 3rd Issue of Forefront in 2017, we discussed craft brewery growth over the past decade, as well as mergers and acquisitions involving smaller craft breweries…. Continue Reading