Michael A. Nemeroff

Shareholder

T: 312-609-7858 F: 312-609-5005

Chicago

CEO and President, Vedder Price P.C.

Chairman, Finance and Transactions Group

Michael A. Nemeroff is President and CEO of Vedder Price P.C. and Chairman of the Finance and Transactions Group.  He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the firm’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Nemeroff counsels corporations in mergers and acquisitions transactions and corporate finance matters.  He provides private equity firms and hedge funds with experienced direction in leveraged and management buyouts and guides financial institutions in complex finance transactions.  Further, Mr. Nemeroff negotiates and structures executive compensation arrangements for companies, management teams, compensation committees and executives.  His many clients include GMAC, Merit Capital Mezzanine Funds, Citadel Investment Group, Checkpoint Systems, Allscripts, CIT Group, Bank of America, The PrivateBank, Oil-Dri Corporation of America, The Duchossois Group , Chicago Growth Partners Funds and The Edgewater Funds.

Mr. Nemeroff is one of two legal advisors to the G100, an elite international organization of leading Chief Executive Officers from Fortune 500 publicly traded corporations who meet regularly to share practical collective experience about deal making and leadership challenges.

Mr. Nemeroff is a member of the Board of Directors of Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE: ODC).  He is active in charitable and civic affairs as a Trustee of the Chicago History Museum and the Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Children’s Choir.

Mr. Nemeroff, an authority on M&A and finance matters, makes frequent appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg Television and is often cited in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, American Banker  and the Chicago Tribune.  He is a member of the American Bar Association and The Economic Club of Chicago.  Mr. Nemeroff was named by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois and was selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers.  Mr. Nemeroff is listed in Who’s Who in Chicago Business by Crain’s Chicago Business.

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• Michael A. Nemeroff Comments on Robust M&A Activity on CNBC's Closing Bell (Video Clip)
• Modernizing the Poison Pill - Lessons from Selectica, Inc. v. Versata Enterprises, Inc.
• Earnouts on the Rise in M&A Transactions
• Recent Tax Law Changes Provide Relief When Restructuring Debt Obligations

• Capital Markets
• Corporate Securities
• Executive Compensation
• Finance and Transactions
• Financial Institutions
• Financing and Secured Transactions
• Health Care and Life Sciences Finance
• Health Law Regulatory
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Subprime Lending and Mortgage Task Force

• J.D., George Washington University, 1988
• B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1985

• Illinois, 1988

• Member, Board of Directors, Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE:  ODC)
• Member, Board of Directors, Chicago Children's Choir
• Member, The Economic Club of Chicago
• Member, American Bar Association