George E. Long

Overview George E. Kuehn routinely advises businesses and boards of directors in business and legal scenarios relating to corporate governance, shareholder relations, product distribution, employment and discrimination, sales and marketing, governmental relations, long-term supply arrangements, contract manufacturing arrangements, and litigation and dispute management. In addition to serving clients as outside counsel, Mr. Kuehn has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of a multibillion dollar group of companies engaged in diverse businesses including the manufacture and worldwide distribution of beverage products, commercial real estate, and biotechnology. His direct senior management role enables him to approach legal issues with perspectives and insights shaped by his considerable business experience. Mr. Kuehns experience includes substantial international and domestic transactions involving acquisitions and divestitures of businesses and tangible and intangible assets, formation and dissolution of joint ventures, exchange of assets, commercial and private credit facilities, publicly held debt instruments, supplier financing, and financial restructuring. The transactions hes been involved in have taken a variety of forms and encompassed diverse tangential issues including stock, merger, and asset sale transactions, negotiated and hostile transactions, requirements for commercial and publicly held debt modification, pre-packaged bankruptcy, and federal and state antitrust and regulatory approvals. George Kuehn is Of Counsel to Butzel and is a former Co-Chair of the firms Corporate and Finance Practice Department, which encompasses Transactional, Finance, Real Estate, and Wealth Management Law matters. Mr. Kuehn rejoined Butzel in 2000 following his tenure at The Stroh Brewery Company where he served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for nearly 20 years. Mr. Kuehn is a director of Besser Company and at various times has served as a director of other companies and as a member and chair of many committees and advisory boards established by the bar, industry groups, private adjudication facilitators, and municipal governments. Primary Practice Areas Business Corporate and Finance All Related Practice Areas Business Business Partnerships, Joint Ventures, and LLCs Commercial Lending Corporate and Finance Corporate Governance Outside General Counsel Services Credentials Education University of Michigan Law School 1973, J. D. (cum laude) University of Michigan 1968, B. B. A. Admissions Arizona Michigan Memberships State Bar of Michigan State Bar of Arizona Awards & Recognitions Awards & Recognitions The Best Lawyers in America , Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Law, 2023 The Best Lawyers in America , Corporate Law, 2007-2026 Michigan Super lawyers, Business/Corporate, 2006-2008, 2010-2017 DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Corporate Law, 2011, 2012 & 2015 Experience Represented Canadian auto supplier in sale of its business Represented foreign IT company in its purchase of US-based computer company Represented real estate developer in numerous commercial building projects, including related equity sales and ownership agreements Represented numerous large and mid-market companies in connection with entity and asset purchase financings Represented pharmaceutical company in numerous intellectual property and product licensing and/or distributing agreements Represented numerous US-based large and mid-market privately held companies in connection with sale and purchases of business Represented a machinery company in a sale to an ESOP and related commercial financing View All View Less News & Events News Firm News, 8.15.2024 Butzel Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Firm News, 9.6.2023 Butzel attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2024 Firm News, 8.18.2022 Butzel attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2023 1.29.2021 Butzel Long attorneys named to 2021 Leading Lawyers 8.20.2020 Butzel Long Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2021 8.15.2019 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2020 8.15.2018 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2019 9.5.2017 Butzel Long attorneys named to 2017 Super Lawyers list 8.15.2017 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2018 9.1.2016 Butzel Long attorneys named to 2016 Super Lawyers list 8.15.2016 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2017 9.9.2015 Fifty-seven Butzel Long Attorneys Named to the 2015 Michigan Super Lawyers List 8.17.2015 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2016 9.11.2014 Fifty-Five Butzel Long Attorneys Named to the 2014 Michigan Super Lawyers List 8.18.2014 Butzel Long Attorneys Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2015 8.15.2013 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2014 11.28.201168 Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazines Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2012 10.4.2011 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2012 12.2.2010 Sixty-four Butzel Long attorneys named to DBusiness magazines Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit 2011 10.25.2010 Forty-two Butzel Long attorneys named to the 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list 9.9.2010 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2011 9.9.2009 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2010: Forty-nine attorneys recognized in national listing 10.22.2008 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2009 10.4.2007 Butzel Long attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America 2008 View All View Less