Jeffrey H. Kuras

Jeff Kuras focuses his practice on representing private and public companies in a broad range of corporate and securities law matters. He has a dynamic corporate law practice with particular emphasis on public company reporting and compliance, public securities offerings, and public and private mergers and acquisitions and dispositions. He has a broad range of experience across industries and across market capitalizations.  Jeff regularly counsels clients on operational, compliance, risk management, general contract, and strategic planning matters. He has extensive experience in corporate finance and capital raising transactions, including initial public offerings, de-SPAC and reverse merger transactions, as well as primary and secondary offerings.

Jeff’s practice includes drafting and reviewing public company filings and investor relations communications and leading NYSE/Nasdaq compliance efforts. He also prepares and reviews corporate governance documentation, including key policies impacting directors, officers and other stakeholders.

Jeff has participated in a significant number of domestic and international M&A transactions for public and private companies, primarily regarding public company, securities and governance considerations and general corporate matters.

Practice Areas

Representative Matters

Representative Clients

• Represents a bank holding company headquartered in Michigan and listed on Nasdaq, with its primary operations based in Michigan and Wisconsin
• Represents a bank holding company headquartered in Michigan and listed on Nasdaq, with its primary operations based in California, Washington, and New York
• Counsels a specialty pharmacy headquartered in Michigan and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
• Represents a fully integrated provider of residential and commercial high-speed data, video, and telephony services, headquartered in Colorado, an SEC reporting company after an A/B exchange offer
• Advises a Michigan-based investment advisory firm focused on financial institutions

Recent Transactions

• Represented publicly held bank holding company in $41.6 million all-stock merger
• Represented publicly held bank holding company in $34.6 million follow-on offering of common stock (Nasdaq)
• $180 million initial public offering of common stock (Nasdaq) for bank holding company
• $34.6 million initial public offering of common stock (Nasdaq) for a property and casualty insurance company
• $285 million follow-on offering of common stock (NYSE) for a specialty pharmacy
• Represented publicly held bank holding company in cash stock merger

• $199 million initial public offering of common stock (NYSE) for a specialty pharmacy
• $1.1 billion A/B exchange offer of senior notes and senior subordinated notes of a high-speed data, video, and telephony company
• Represented publicly held bank holding company in rights offering, private investment, and auction of TARP securities
• Represented Capitol Bancorp Ltd., a bank holding company with a network of banks and bank operations in ten states and total consolidated assets of approximately $2.0 billion, in its Chapter 11, pre-packaged plan of reorganization
• Represented bank holding company in separate bank divestitures in Michigan, California, North Carolina, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, and Arizona

Education

Admissions

Awards

The Best Lawyers in America, 2023

• Recognized in practice area of Banking and Finance Law

Michigan Super Lawyers, Recognized as a Rising Star, 2008, 2012, and 2015-2016

Professional & Community Involvement

State Bar of Michigan

American Bar Association

• Section of Business Law

News

Press Releases