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Jeanne M. Whalen Member

Areas of Practice

Industries

Bar Admissions

  • Michigan, 2008

Education

University of Toledo, J.D., summa cum laude

University of Michigan, B.S.E., magna cum laude

Language

  • German
  • Spanish

Jeanne M. Whalen's practice focuses on general corporate, contracting, and acquisition matters, with an emphasis on technology and health care-related transactions. She has a Computer Science Engineering degree from the University of Michigan and interned at Microsoft Corporation in the Developer Tools Division. Ms. Whalen's experience includes:

  • Public and private company mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions, including in the technology and health care sectors;
  • Representing technology companies and other companies engaging in technology-related transactions; and
  • General corporate representation including counsel to Boards of Directors, entity information and capitalization, shareholder agreements, and customer and supplier relationships.

Prior to joining Dykema, Ms. Whalen worked in education.

Experience

  • Private equity, middle market and closely-held M&A transactions, including entity structure and governance
  • Information technology and business process outsourcing transactions
  • Technology agreement overflow contract review
  • Technology development and licensing agreements
  • Joint venture/licensing arrangements
  • Health care/technology reseller agreements
  • Assisted living facility acquisitions and divestitures
  • Dental practice acquisitions
  • Pro bono projects involving entity formation, governance, and 501(c)(3) qualification
  • Village Capital Venture Development Program – Bridge the Skills Gap Between Education and Employment, Panel Member, LEAPinnovations, Chicago, IL
    September 7, 2016
  • Balance Growth with Administrative Burden and Financing Risk, Detroit Creative Corridor Center, Detroit, MI
    August 25, 2016
  • Anatomy of a Private Equity Deal, ACG Detroit NextGen, Bloomfield Hills, MI
    February 23, 2016
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Strategies, LeadingAge Michigan Education Foundation, Lansing, MI
    January 21, 2016
  • Keys to Technology Licensing, Ann Arbor Spark, Business Law & Order Series
    January 2013
  • "Safekeeping Client Property: Why the ABA Is Hands-Off and the States Are Hand Holding"
    38 U Tol. L. Rev. 1279
  • "Correcting Incomplete Corporate Records" (Co-author)
    Fall 2009
    The Michigan Business Law Journal Vol. 29 No. 3

Memberships & Involvement

State Bar of Michigan, Information Technology Law Section, Council Member 

Community/Civic Activities

Board of Directors for ConnectUS, a Livonia-based program for adults with disabilities

Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star for Information Technology/Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions and Health Care, 2013-Present