Lansing

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Lansing, MI 48933-2114

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Nicholas M. Oertel

Nick joined Foster Swift in 2009 after clerking with the Firm while in law school. Nick is a member of the Firm's Business and Corporate Group and focuses his practice in the areas of Michigan non-property tax disputes, business entity selection, and corporate transactions.

A more detailed listing of Nick's services follows:

• Sales & Use Tax Appeals: Representation of businesses in Michigan sales & use tax disputes, including informal conference representation and appeals before the Michigan Tax Tribunal and Court of Claims.
• Mergers & Acquisitions: Purchase and sale of businesses; asset sales; tax-free and taxable transactions.
• General Counsel: Corporate governance; business entity selection; organization and planning; shareholder agreements.

Representative Matters

• Represented Michigan business in use tax appeal before Michigan Tax Tribunal.
• Assisted in a $20 million merger/consolidation of various insurance agencies.
• Assisted in sale of a charter transportation company.
• Handled the registration of $20 million of securities.

News

• Foster Swift Names Nicholas Oertel as Firm's New Associate, April 14, 2010

Speaking Engagements

• Estate and Succession Planning for Family-Owned Agri-Businesses, Michigan Cattlemen's Association, January 21, 2012
• WEBINAR | Protecting Against the Unknown: How to Successfully Review IT Contracts to Increase Your Rights and Avoid Potential Liability, June 22, 2010

Publications

• Court of Appeals Clarifies Agricultural Exemption To The Use Tax, Foster Swift Agricultural Law Update, August 2012
• Can You Reduce Your Employment Taxes?, Foster Swift Business & Corporate Law Report, June 2012
• Noncompetition Agreements Are Enforceable If..., Foster Swift Business & Corporate Law Report, June 2012
• Michigan's Tax Overhaul, Foster Swift Employment, Labor & Benefits E-News, August 3, 2011
• New Exemption from the Health Care Form W-2 Reporting Requirement, Foster Swift Business & Corporate Law Report, Spring 2011
• The New Michigan Corporate Income Tax, Foster Swift Business & Corporate Law Report, Spring 2011

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Memberships & Affiliations

Legal Affiliations:

• State Bar of Michigan
• Ingham County Bar Association

Industry & Professional Associations: 

• Ronald McDonald House of Mid-Michigan, Board of Directors