Mike Kellis Email & Phone Number

Phoenix, AZ, US

• Executive Leadership
• Oversight of Legal, HR, Risk, Compliance, Facilities Management, Aviation, and Government Relations initiatives for one of the top 3 RV dealers in the nation.
• Report directly to President & CEO; act as appointed delegate for any and all issues that arise when necessary.
• Operate at highest level for nationwide programs, using vision and collaboration to identify and execute corporate initiatives during the era of highest profitability in the history of the company.
• Establish and then cultivate cohesive legal, compliance, risk management, HR, aviation, and facilities management teams as the corporation transitioned headquarters locations.Legal Leadership
• Set and execute legal vision and strategy across multiple states for multiple corporate issues across jurisdictions across the country in litigation, transactions, legislative issues, and government relations.

• Corporate Transactions
• As sole in-house counsel manage all legal, due diligence, and regulatory elements of the State of Arizona’s largest and most visible economic development discretionary fund. Negotiate and close unprecedented volume of.
• Oversee all legal aspects of due diligence, compliance, and interpretation issues surrounding statutory and contract issues.
• Lead deal teams in strategizing and executing plans to close deals that work multilaterally and efficiently resolve competing concerns.Compliance/Regulatory
• Lead agency-wide team to create responses to state audits, legislation issues raising legal/policy concerns, and public records requests.
• Ensure annual reports are compliant with applicable law and regulation, balancing political and regulatory requirements.

Mesa, AZ, US

• M&A
• Provide in-house M&A expertise related to finalization of payouts and wrap-up of transition following consummation of buy-out provisions; initiate and provide legal support for full purchase of another new domestic.
• Collaborate across deal team members to identify and execute customer strategies creating long term profitability for the company and value for the customer.
• Engage and resolve issues regarding past corporate acquisitions, current acquisitions in progress, and prepare for future transaction/restructure of the parent company.
• Manage issues related to Union’s Collective Bargaining Agreement; engage and work to resolve several employment related issues.
• Provide ad hoc advice regarding an array of issues arising from C-level executives to line workers.Contracts

• M&A
• Substantial M&A experience related to deals involving both domestic and tribal related entities in the restaurant, hotel & leisure, brewery, gaming, tribal healthcare, and tribal cultural industries. Strategize the.
• Serve as lead attorney to source deals, arrange financing, manage placement strategies, administer bid processes and assist with analysis and apples-to-apples comparison across offers in the context of market deals.
• Formulate, draft, and negotiate with banks and other institutions pertinent documents for over $1 billion in financing for several different corporate entities nationwide and internationally.
• Serve as lead attorney for development teams for new insurance, cannabis, blockchain, ecommerce, and other innovations for application within tribal owned businesses.Corporate Law
• Form and provide in-person guidance for dozens of corporations ranging in services from hospitality to food services to gaming to information technology to construction. Bankruptcy Law

• Insurance Defense
• Represent multiple insurance companies in various claims and disputes from commercial claims to residential disputes.Contract Law
• Negotiate expert witness retention agreements on behalf of hospital with the federal government.
• Represent school districts, sanitary districts, water districts, and other public corporations in the formalities of formation and management and in solar power expansion projects; land use and development agreements.
• Act as general litigation counsel for hotel services concern in resolving transactional disputes.Healthcare Counsel
• Serve as outside counsel to largest healthcare network in Northern Arizona. Engage in litigation, draft contracts, review employment issues, etc.

• Business and Estate Planning
• Develop and implement plans for purchase of commercial real estate in which all professional tenants are co-owners.Corporate Law
• Develop and implement plans for multi-state expansion of regional broker/developerReal Estate
• Review and draft leases, identify and resolve landlord tenant issues, calculate funds owed, initiate forcible detainer actions as appropriate.Bankruptcy Law
• Initiate client contact for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 individual and business bankruptcies. Fill out and file all bankruptcy petitions, forms, schedules, and ancillary documents.
• Consult with clients and interface with banks to initiate short sale process of real estate

Juris Doctor

Mba, Corporate Finance