EXPERIENCE

His practice includes representation of small to large privately-held businesses as well as international business clients. Mr. Heritage’s clients are involved in many industry and service segments, including automotive, health care, professional practices, general manufacturing, food products and distribution, capital equipment manufacturing, and consulting. He assists businesses in their formation and counsels them on all corporate law matters including governance issues, contracts, growth through acquisitions and financing. He works with closely-held businesses to develop succession planning and buy-sell agreements. A significant part of Mr. Heritage’s business work includes negotiating and drafting a wide variety of contracts to meet his clients’ needs. Mr. Heritage represents many physicians, dentists and their related professional practices and ancillary business interests, and he is knowledgeable at handling health law matters.

Mr. Heritage’s experience includes many complex business transactions, and he has represented both purchasers and sellers. A representative list of his transaction experience is provided below under Transactions. His representation of merger and acquisition clients covers the entire spectrum of the transaction from initial assessment and planning, drafting letters of intent and conducting due diligence through negotiating the transaction, preparing the transaction agreements, closing and post-closing matters. He is skilled in business planning strategies and the structuring of transactions to accomplish the needs of his clients.

He also conducts a very active real estate practice representing clients with the purchasing, selling and leasing of commercial, professional, industrial and retail properties. He is also experienced in real estate financing.

Mr. Heritage is the President of the Law Firm, Chair of the Business Law & Commercial Transactions Group and a member of both the Firm’s Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. He has practiced law with the Law Firm during the entirety of his distinguished career. Mr. Heritage was recognized in 2018 and 2019 by dbusiness magazine as one of Metro Detroit’s 500 most powerful business leaders.

Mr. Heritage is active in a number of community and civic organizations. He served on several boards, including his current longstanding service as a member of both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the American Red Cross – Michigan Chapter. He has been active as a member of fund raising committees, including serving as the honorary chairman of events for organizations such as Children’s Hospital, Haven House and the American Red Cross.