Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.Senior Shareholder

Jack A. Siebers

About Jack A. Siebers

Jack A. Siebers is a lawyer practicing corporate finance, governance & securities, insurance regulatory & compliance and 12 other areas of law. Jack received a B.A. degree from Hope College in 1963, and has been licensed for 59 years. Jack practices at Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C. in Grand Rapids, MI and 1 other location.

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Areas of Law

  • Corporate Law 1
    • Corporate Finance
  • Trusts and Estates 1
    • Estate Planning
  • Business Law
  • Agricultural Law
  • Other 11
    • Governance & Securities
    • Insurance Regulatory & Compliance
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Strategic Transactions & Alliances
    • Real Estate Law
    • Business & Corporate
    • General Counsel
    • Business Contracts
    • Real Property Law
    • Health Care Law
    • Religious Liberty Law

Practice Details

  • Payment Information
    Payment & Cost Features
    Fixed hourly rates
    Fixed fees available
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Senior Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C.
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Matters: In addition to corporations in a variety of businesses, Jack has incorporated a number of insurance companies
    assisted with their licensing in many states.
    Fremont Mutual Insurance Co. retained Jack to convert it to a stock company, which became Fremont Insurance Company. He represented the company in the sale of surplus notes to raise capital
    later, through its holding company, in its initial public offering of its stock. In 2010, he advised the company in fending off a hostile takeover attempt, which included the successful enactment of a special state law aimed at preserving the company's independence. In 2011, he represented the company in its non-hostile sale to Auto Club Insurance Association for $70 million.
    Since 1998, Jack has served as borrower's counsel to a health care organization in the issuance of $160 million of initial
    refunding tax exempt bonds, including the issuance of $50 million in 2012.
    In 2011, a bank retained Jack to represent it in providing a $23 million finance facility, which included an SBA loan for $5 million
    a USDA loan for $5 million
    collateral in various locations within
    outside of Michigan.
    Jack has advised a corporate borrower with a dozen interest rate swap derivative transactions with Lehman Brothers (including guiding the client through the Lehman bankruptcy), Morgan Stanley, Wachovia Bank
    Wells Fargo Bank.
    A nonprofit hospital retained Jack to design
    implement a corporate reorganization that took it from a single hospital entity to a modern structure involving a tax exempt parent corporation, a foundation
    several specialty tax exempt health care provider corporations.
    A family business retained Jack to assist it with a charitable contribution of an S corporation to a public foundation. Immediately prior to the contribution transaction, the owner made a non-qualified transfer of stock resulting in the deliberate loss of its S corporation status so as to allow the contribution.
    Jack represented the owner of 200 acres of l
    in developing Centennial Office Park in Gr
    Rapids. The park includes over a dozen office buildings, a hotel, an athletic club, four residential condominium developments
    a golf course.
    A group of physicians retained Jack to represent them in the acquisition, zoning, financing, syndication, construction, leasing
    ultimate sale of a medical office complex which was sold for $23 million.
    A manufacturer of specialty trucks engaged Jack to represent it in the acquisition of two manufacturing plants in other states.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1967, Michigan
    Memberships

    Affiliations

    Memberships & Affiliations

    Military Service:

    •U.S. Army, First Lieutenant

    Legal Affiliations:

    •American Bar Association
    •State Bar of Michigan
    •Grand Rapids Bar Association
    •Michigan State Bar Foundation, fellow

    Community Involvement:

    •Fremont Insurance Company, Board of Directors
    •Macatawa Bay Yacht Club, Commodore
    •Gerontology Network, Board Member
    •Words of Hope, Board Member
    •Christ Memorial Church, Holland, Governance Council Member

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Michigan Law School
    Class of 1966
    J.D.
    with distinction
    Other Education
    Hope College
    Class of 1963
    B.A.
    Economics

    Hope College
    Class of 1963
    B.A.
    summa cum laude

    Western Michigan University
    Class of 1974
    M.B.A.
    Finance
  • Military Service
    Military Service: U.S. Army, First Lieutenant
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