Cleveland, July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP is pleased to announce that Michael K. French joined Calfee’s Business and finance practice group as a partner in the firm’s Cleveland office.

French is well versed in many facets of corporate law, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other business transactions. In addition, French represents public funds in their investments in private equity funds.

“We are delighted to have Mike French join the Corporate and Finance team at Calfee,” said Jennifer L. Vergilii, Co-Chairman of Calfee’s Corporate and Finance Group. “Mike’s experience representing private and publicly traded companies in a variety of industries, including financial services, manufacturing and technology, is complementary to Calfee’s practice.”

With more than 45 dedicated attorneys, Calfee’s Corporate and Finance practice group is one of the largest and most prolific in Ohio, handling a significant number of complex and sophisticated corporate and financial transactions for clients across the country and around the world. Calfee’s strong practice in M&A, divestitures and sales completes 60-75 M&A transactions annually, led by an active private equity client base and a broad list of public and private enterprise clients .

Thomas M. WelshCo-Chairman of Calfee’s Corporate and Finance Group, said, “The addition of Mike French strengthens our deep transactional team and will further enhance our ability to provide excellent legal services to our clients.

French was previously in the Cleveland office of a global law firm, where he gained experience as a director in their corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity practices.

French received his JD, magna cum laude, from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2001, where he served as editor of the Cleveland State Law Review. He received his BS in International Politics from Georgetown University.

About Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP is a full-service corporate law firm with 160 attorneys and professionals and six offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, New York and Washington, D.C. Calfee serves clients in the Midwest, nationally and globally in the areas of corporate restructuring and insolvency, business and finance, benefits and executive compensation, energy and utilities, planning and administration of estates and estates, government relations and legislation, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation and real estate law. Calfee has been recognized as a leading law firm by Chambers USA 2022 Legal Guide in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Insurance: Insured, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Natural Resources & Environment, and Real Estate Law and by Chambers 2022 High Net Worth Guide in Private Wealth Law. A founding member of Lex Mundi, Calfee provides international representation through a network of independent law firms with access to 22,000 attorneys located in over 125 countries. Additional information is available at Calfee.com

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