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Paul R. Rentenbach
Member
Corporate Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Bank Regulatory
Investment Management
Public Finance
Securities

prentenbach@dykema.com
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Detroit, Michigan
313-568-6973

Education
University of Michigan, B.A.
Harvard Law School, J.D.

Admitted to Practice
Michigan  1972
Mr. Rentenbach has over 38 years of experience with Dykema in corporate and municipal finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital raising for clients in a wide variety of industries, including automotive suppliers, retailers, technology providers and business services providers.  For the past several years he has focused his practice on corporate transactions, corporate governance, mutual fund regulation and governance and the representation of clients in the financial services industry (including mutual funds, private equity funds, investment advisers, broker-dealers and investment bankers).  
 
During his tenure with Dykema, Mr. Rentenbach has served as Practice Group Leader or co-leader of the Firm's Corporate Finance Practice Group, Municipal Finance Group (serving as bond counsel and underwriters' counsel for a variety of state and local governmental issuers of municipal debt) and Investment Management Group.  
 
Mr. Rentenbach has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than fifteen years, in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2003, and has been named a Michigan Super Lawyer by Law & Politics since 2006. 

Experience

  • Represented more than ten Michigan-based commercial banks and thrift institutions in the formation of holding companies, capital raises (both public offerings and private placements), bank acquisitions and dispositions, and mergers of financial institutions.
  • Represented more than a dozen publicly-traded corporations in connection with their acquisition programs, corporate governance, and securities law compliance.
  • Represented seven independent mutual fund families and two bank-sponsored mutual fund families in connection with their formation, share offerings, and 1940 Act regulatory compliance.
  • Represented more than a dozen registered investment advisers in their formation and Advisers Act regulatory compliance.
  • Represented numerous national and regional underwriters in connection with public offerings of equity, taxable debt and tax-exempt debt.
  • Served as bond counsel for the Michigan Economic Development Authority, as well as for numerous county, city, and agencies' bond issuers.
  • Represented numerous privately-owned businesses in connection with financing their operations and their merger and acquisition programs.

Civic and Cultural Involvements

  • Rotary Club of Grosse Pointe