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 | Michael J. OstermeyerPartner
Quarles & Brady LLP 411 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 2040 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202-4497 (Milwaukee Co.)
Telephone: (414) 277-5521 Cell Phone: (414) 520-5521 Fax: (414) 978-8956 http://www.quarles.com
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| Practice Areas | Real Estate(75%); School Law(15%); Commercial Transactions and Real Estate Financing on Indian Lands(5%); Tribal Economic Development Projects(5%) | | | Education | Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1989, Luther College, B.A., summa cum laude, 1983; University of Notre Dame, M.A., 1984 | | | Admitted | 1990, Wisconsin; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Memberships | State Bar of Wisconsin; American Law Institute—American Bar Association (ALI-ABA) (Editorial Board, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, 2004—; Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law: Standing Committee on Publications, (2004-2006, 2008— Section Advisory Board, 2005-2008; Property Preservation Task Force, 2004—; Chair of Committee on Economics, Technology and Practice Methods, 2001-2005); Pension Real Estate Association (PREA); International Association of Attorneys and Executives in Corporate Real Estate (AECRE); National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP); U.S. Green Building Council, Chicago Chapter; National Association of Charter School Authorizers; Wisconsin Charter Schools Association; Wisconsin School Attorneys Association, Inc. | | | Born | Waukesha, Wisconsin, August 23, 1961 | | | Biography | Recipient, Golden Rule Award, Community Youth Assets, 1996. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2004—: Real Estate Law); Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005—); Wisconsin SuperLawyers (2005—: Real Estate). Alumni Distinguished Service Award, Luther College (2008). Milwaukee Business Journal "40 under 40"; Future Milwaukee "25 for 25". Pro bono counsel to Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity, Inc. (1991—). Member: Milwaukee County Pension Board (2004-2007); Village of Whitefish Bay, Historic Preservation Commission (2006-2007); School District of Whitefish Bay, Facilities Finance Task Force (2005-2006); Milwaukee Forum. Founder and President, Community Youth Assets. Member, Class of 1995 and Board Member, 1995-1996, Future Milwaukee. Adjunct Professor of Law, Marquette University (1996-2000). | | | ISLN | 904654644 | | | Transactions | Engaged by a major municipality and its affiliated school district as lead development counsel in efforts to plan, finance, and execute approximately $200 million in public infrastructure development, consisting in the main of roughly 1 million square feet of new public school space in roughly two dozen development projects (2000-2006), and in its redevelopment, leasing, or sale of nearly 2 million SF in surplus facilities (2005). Principal real estate counsel in handling transfers of approximately $850 million in manufacturing, warehouse, packaging, and transportation facilities in 13 states, conveyed in connection with the combination of domestic operations by two significant food and beverage companies (2007). Counsel to a Fortune 500 manufacturer in connection with incentives awards, financing, and development of new corporate headquarters facilities in Northeastern Ohio (2008). Counsel to a Fortune 500 manufacturer to structure, document, and close the portfolio sale, for approximately $155 million, of more than 4 million square feet of manufacturing, office, and service center space comprising 24 discrete sites in 17 states and in Canada (2005). Principal outside counsel to a Fortune 500 food and beverage producer in a series of transactions designed to reorient the producer's balance sheet and to better position its manufacturing, packaging, and distribution capabilities. Projects involved, among other discrete matters, the disposition to a strategic partner of major packaging production facilities in New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Illinois, as well as the acquisition (and later sale) of a new production facility in Washington (2003). Counsel to several manufacturers of consumer packaging, industrial papers and custom paper products in structuring, documenting, and closing various acquisition, sale, and sale-leaseback transactions (continuing). Principal outside counsel to an array of large publicly traded companies (including companies in the transportation and logistics, food and beverage, managed services, automotive, and heavy manufacturing sectors) in handling leases, purchases, sales, and other realty-related issues arising in connection with manufacturing and distribution of facilities throughout the United States and Europe (continuing). | |
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