Michele (Mike) focuses his practice on the corporate practice group. He has experience drafting and negotiating asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, and ancillary documents related to business acquisitions.
Mike provides business and management succession advice and guidance to middle-market business owners, including drafting business succession plans. He has conducted complex legal research and analysis related to federal, Ohio, local tax, commercial, and banking law. Mike has also provided corporate and partnership tax advice to business owners and in-house accounting departments about federal income tax, state and local income tax, sales taxes, and excise taxes; represented taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service and Ohio Department of Taxation related to federal, state, and local tax obligations.