Jennifer E. Consiglio

For more than two decades, clients in a multitude of sectors have depended on Jennifer’s in-depth guidance through the entire business evolution from formation to exit, including complex transactions and general business law matters. She is a trusted advisor to domestic and foreign business clients of all sizes across diverse industries including automotive, manufacturing, technology, consumer products, health care, and financial services.

Jennifer is a past Chair of the State Bar of Michigan Business Law Section. She has been actively involved in preparing amendments to Michigan’s Business Corporation Act and has contributed to amicus briefs on business law topics filed by the Business Law Section at the invitation of the Michigan Supreme Court, further helping to clarify business law in Michigan.

Jennifer Consiglio is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Michigan, and Tennessee, and is a member of the American Bar Association, Merger and Acquisitions Committee; State Bar of Michigan, Business Law Section; and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She has been recognized throughout her career by her peers and a variety of respected professional organizations for her work in M&A, corporate law, and corporate governance.

Prior to joining the firm, Jennifer worked at a global private practice law firm where she focused on securities law (SEC reporting and compliance and public offerings), public company mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions.

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Education

George Washington University Law School, J.D. - Honors and Order of the Coif 

Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, B.S. – cum laude

Admissions

Memberships

• American Bar Association – Mergers and Acquisitions Committee
• American Bar Foundation
• Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• State Bar of Michigan – past Chair of Business Law Section
• Tennessee State Bar

Awards & Recognitions

The Best Lawyers in America® - Lawyer of the Year - Business Organizations including LLCs and Partnerships, 2025

The Best Lawyers in America® - Business Organizations including LLCs and Partnerships and Corporate Governance Law, 2023 - 2025; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024, 2025

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business - Corporate/M&A, 2018-2024

Crain’s Detroit Business – Crain’s Notable Women in Law, 2024

Michigan Lawyers Weekly – Go to Business Lawyers, 2020

Michigan Lawyers Weekly  – Women in Law, 2013

Michigan Super Lawyers - Rising Stars - Mergers and Acquisitions, 2013

DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit - Corporate Law, 2017-2018, 2020-2025; Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2018, 2020-2023

Represented target in $1.4B majority investment via merger by global private equity firm including multiple continents, HSR filing, and other regulatory filings

Represented manufacturer of household consumer products in multiple acquisitions of globally recognized products and brands

Represented agricultural grower and distributor in cross-border restructuring and equity sale

Represented multiple veterinarians in a series of roll-up transactions with private equity firm

Represented home health services company in going public transaction involving a reverse merger with a public company

Represented health care IT consulting firm and managed service automation solution provider for health systems in various strategic acquisitions and capitalization transactions

Represented medical billing company in acquisition by private equity firm

Represented private equity firm in cross-border acquisition of exclusive license to cutting-edge water treatment technology for oil and gas industry

Represented a private equity investor in the lengthy and complicated effort to purchase all of Ford Motor Company’s glass manufacturing operations in North America

Represented consortium of construction companies in public-private partnership transaction for financing of major highway improvements

Represented global polymers manufacturer in multiple acquisition and disposition transactions, including complex, multi-continent acquisitions, numerous acquisitions of US-based distributors and disposition of operations in Canada and the US

Represented numerous automotive suppliers in strategic cross-border transactions and joint ventures, and financing transactions

Numerous engagements to provide local counsel opinions in multistate financing transactions

Frequent advisor with respect to shareholder disputes