Navigating the Opportunities that Power Progress with Experienced Financial Counsel
Above all, we are here to help you move forward and jump into new opportunities with the help of our bankruptcy expertise and financial counsel.
In addition, we also bring over fifteen years of legal experience to the analysis and implementation of capital investment on a global scale. We strive to bring a personal, hands-on approach to financial counseling, business law, and legal due diligence.
As entrepreneurs ourselves, we feel that pursuing profit, wealth, and personal fulfillment are worthy goals. We also believe that such pursuits are only effectively accomplished when undertaken in a thoughtful way. For example, we encourage keeping an eye on the long-term impact of decisions. We want to help improve your ability to do just that so we can all leave a positive impact. Why only watch your money grow when you can also watch local communities thrive by putting it to good use? We know that social impact can be achieved alongside healthy financial returns, and it is one of our core beliefs that if we can have a positive impact, we should.
At our firm, we pride ourselves on having no illusions or pretensions about our clients’ opportunities. Instead, we take a practical, realistic, and personal approach to everything we do. Because the intersection of opportunity and culture is a critical one, we’ve cultivated the expertise to provide cross-border business and financial counsel.
James R. Oppenhuizen
Bankruptcy Attorney
Jim is a member of Oppenhuizen Law Firm, PLC, focusing his practice on bankruptcy, insolvency matters as well as various international law focused on doing business outside the United States, securities and start-up matters and investment-based immigration. Jim is a graduate of Calvin College and received his law degree from the Valparaiso University School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2005. He is admitted to practice in the Michigan State Courts, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
He is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the State Bar of Michigan, and is a frequent presenter on bankruptcy and insolvency issues. Jim also has spoken on international law, artificial intelligence, geopolitical security and strategy, alongside Benedetta Berti, Ph.D., Head of Policy and Planning in the Office of the Secretary General of NATO at the 2019 Globsec Bratislava Forum.
Areas of Expertise
- International Investment
- EB-5 Investment-Based Immigration
- Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructuring
- Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- Creditor Rights
- Creditor Committees
- Trustee Representation
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