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Mark R. High

Consulting Member
Detroit
Mark R. High, a consulting member in Dickinson Wright’s Detroit office, focuses his practice on corporate law. He helps buyers and sellers with mergers and acquisitions across various industries, including tech, manufacturing, retail, and more. With deals ranging from $5 million to $150 million, Mark’s attention to detail ensures successful transactions. He also serves as general counsel to small and medium-sized companies and advises branches of foreign businesses, including those from Canada, Japan, China, and other countries. Mark received the Stephen H. Schulman Outstanding Business Lawyer Award from the State Bar of Michigan’s Business Law Section in 2022.

Education & Credentials

Education

Duke University School of Law

J.D., 1979

The College of Wooster

B.A., 1976
  • With Honors

University of Manchester

England, 1975

Bar Admission

  • Michigan1985

Areas Of Practice

Automotive and Mobility Automotive Corporate Transactions China & ASEAN Region Corporate Corporate Governance International Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Canada-U.S. Platform USMCA

Acknowledgements

  • State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section
    • Stephen H. Schulman Outstanding Business Lawyer Award, 2022
  • The Legal 500 United States
    • "Recommended Lawyer," 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
    • Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions, 2024
  • Best Lawyers in America®
    • "Lawyer of the Year," Corporate Governance Law 2019, 2021, 2024
    • Corporate Governance Law and Corporate Law, 2023-2025
  • Michigan Super Lawyers®
    • Business and Corporate Law, 2006-2014, 2016-2024
  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV Peer Review Rating
  • DBusiness Magazine
    • "Top Lawyer," Corporate Law, 2025
    • "Top Lawyers" International Trade and Finance Law, 2013, 2020-2023

Representative Clients

  • A.J. Boggs & Company
  • AutoForm Engineering USA, Inc.
  • Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors Systems Co., Ltd.
  • Callidus Capital Corporation
  • DMS Moving Systems, Inc.
  • Sand Products Corporation

Prominent Assignments

  • Counsel to buyers and sellers in mergers or acquisitions in the high tech, manufacturing, retail, food service, real estate, automotive, defense, medical device and natural resource industries in transactions valued between $5 million and $150 million.
  • General counsel to small and medium-sized closely-held entities.
  • Counsel to domestic branches of Canadian and other foreign businesses (Japanese, Chinese, English, Swiss, Brazilian, Russian, Italian, South African, Taiwanese) in automotive and other industries.
  • Counsel to Johnson Controls, Inc. in organizing $400 million joint venture with subordinated lenders to acquire interior business of Plastech Engineered Products from bankruptcy, and administering company through lender buy-out.
  • Counsel to Tier 1 supplier in dissolving 20-year joint venture relationship with Japanese partner. 
  • Counsel to Tier 1 suppliers in stock and asset purchase and sale transactions.
  • Counsel to investment entity in purchase, financing, and ultimate sale of Great Lakes freighters.
  • Counsel to commercial bank in ongoing vessel financings.
  • Counsel to entrepreneurs and other closely-held entities in formation, succession planning, and business divorce situations.
  • Counsel to minority and majority investors in establishing minority business entities.

Professional Involvement

  • Canada-U.S. Business Association, President (2011-2023) and Member of Board of Directors
  • State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section; Council Member, 2002-2007; Section Chair, 2006-2007 
  • American Bar Association, Section on Business Law, Member of Model Shareholder Agreement Task Force
  • U.S. Law Firm Group, Former Co-Chair, Corporate and Securities Committee
  • Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), Member, Former Business Law Advisory Board
  • Detroit Regional Chamber, Former Chair, Canadian Investment Committee

Community Involvement

  • Detroit Wine Organization, Chair (2008), Former Member of the Board of Directors
  • Gleaners Community Food Bank, Former Member of the Board of Directors
  • The College of Wooster, Former Member of the Alumni Board of Trustees

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