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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

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