Honigman elects five attorneys to partner

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP is pleased to announce that the firm’s board of directors has elected the following five attorneys as partners.

Philip Desai is a member of Honigman’s Corporate Department and is located in the firm’s Detroit office. He focuses his practice on advising clients on corporate governance matters, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, corporate restructuring and financing, and general corporate matters. Desai earned a J.D. from Boston College Law School and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Gabriel J. Edelson is a member of Honigman’s Corporate Department and is located in the firm’s Detroit office. He advises privately and publicly held companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, financial services companies and financial advisory firms regarding mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate governance, restructuring and general corporate matters. Edelson earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A., with highest distinction, from the University of Michigan.

Chauncey C. Mayfield II is a member of Honigman’s Corporate Department and is located in the firm’s Detroit office. He focuses his practice on representing entrepreneurs and private and public companies on a variety of matters, including acquisitions and dispositions, capital market transactions, commercial contract negotiations, supply-chain management, bankruptcy and general corporate law. Mayfield earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. from Purdue University.

Gregory M. Nowakowski is a member of Honigman’s Health Care Practice Group within its Corporate Department and is located in the firm’s Detroit office. He advises health care companies on risk management strategies and alternative risk financing, including regulatory compliance, and general corporate and governance strategies. Nowakowski earned an LL.M. in labor and employment from Wayne State University Law School, as well as a J.D. He received a B.A. from Michigan State University’s James Madison College.

Rory M. Wellever is a member of Honigman’s Corporate Department and is located in the firm’s Detroit office. His practice focuses on transactions involving information technology,  intellectual property, media and entertainment (including the licensing and/or transfer of trademarks, copyrights, software, data, content and technology), as well as information technology, data security and privacy issues arising in mergers, acquisitions, private equity and debt financing transactions. Wellever earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. from Michigan State University’s James Madison College.