Michael Ecker

About Michael Ecker

I am an attorney with an MBA who negotiates and documents business relationships. I…

Experience

1. Partner

   Eckert Seamans

   Oct 2008 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   I am an attorney who represents entrepreneurs, publicly- and privately-held emerging businesses, corporations, partnerships, and joint ventures in diverse industries in a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, public and private finance and corporate governance;• Bank and borrower attorney in secured lending transactions;• Customer and vendor attorney in software licensing, implementation and maintenance agreements;• Hospital counsel in transactions involving employment of or joint-ventures with physicians, payors and physician group;• Healthcare regulatory counsel for financing company to hospital and physician groups;• Corporate and transactional counsel for a cigar manufacturer and for a cigar distributor;• Attorney to physicians in negotiation of employment agreements, ownership arrangements, practice termination, payor relations and joint ventures;• Corporate counsel to closely-held business for succession planning and key employee equity plans;• Transactional counsel for real estate developers in the purchase/sale, development and funding of real estate projects;• Corporate counsel in 363 and bankruptcy related transactions;• Capital formation for hospitality and entertainment clients;• Buy-side and sell-side counsel in transaction as large as $300 million.

Education

• Emory University School of Law

  JD/MBA

  1980 — 1984

• Northwestern University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions