Seth W. Ashby

Seth is a partner and member of the firm’s Business and Corporate Services Team. He is experienced in business representation, planning and counseling. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, as well as private equity, securities, distressed asset and restructuring, and commercial transactions. Seth also advises clients with respect to corporate governance, regulatory and other general corporate matters.

Represented publicly-traded Chinese company in its acquisition of a southeast Michigan-based designer/manufacturer of conveyor and material handling systems. On-going representation of the client includes general corporate, finance, litigation and immigration counsel.

Represented the selling shareholders of a Tier 1 supplier of intelligent components and assemblies serving the automotive infotainment connectively sector to a worldwide manufacturers of electoral and interconnect systems, specially cables and sensors.

Represented a privately-owned maker of luxury wool carpets for the architectural design trade in its recapitalization involving a sale of assets to a Chicago-based private equity firm. The deal also included rollover investment by the client company owners.

Recapitalization, led by management equity rollover, of insurance brokerage, risk management and benefits design firm ($2.9 billion enterprise value).

Roll-up acquisitions for insurance brokerage, risk management benefits design firm (more than 250 transactions to date since July 2013).

Sale of equity, with management rollover, in contract manufacturer for the medical device and biotechnology industries to financial buyer ($37 million).

Acquisition of designer and installer of customized in-store environments on behalf of publicly traded company ($162.5 million).

Acquisition of financially distressed produce broker and apple packer on behalf of financial buyer ($20 million).

Acquisition of designer and fabricator of highly engineered material handling systems for the automotive industry on behalf of Chinese publicly traded company ($53.5 million).

Sale of operating subsidiary of publicly traded company ($60 million).

Sale of equity in designer of infotainment components for automotive industry to strategic buyer ($60 million).

Sale of assets of custom carpet manufacturer to financial buyer involving equity rollover by management ($45 million).

Acquisition of textiles designer on behalf of publicly traded company ($150 million).

Liquidation of complex farming operation through series of Section 363 sales in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Leader’s Edge^© Executive Report, (a publication of the CIAB) major player in M&A, 2016 and 2017

Michigan Super Lawyers^®, Rising Star since 2012

Association for Corporate Growth, Western Michigan

Catholic Lawyers Association of West Michigan

Grand Rapids Bar Association

State Bar of Michigan

Gilda’s Club of Grand Rapids and Gilda’s LaughFest: director; Board secretary

Kids’ Food Basket, Fund Development Committee, past member

St. Isidore Parish, Finance Council, chair