C. PETER THEUT

	350 South Main Street Suite 300 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Telephone: 734.302.1022 Facsimile: 734.302.1026 theut@butzel.com

LAW PRACTICE
C. Peter Theut is a shareholder practicing in Butzel Long’s Detroit office in the areas of international law, business and corporate law and admiralty and transportation law.

Mr. Theut serves as chair of the firm’s Global Trade and Transactions Practice and heads the Butzel Long China Practice and Mexico Initiative. He has significant experience representing Japanese, Chinese and other Pacific Rim based companies in all of their North American operations, as well as advising European companies on their international business and legal strategies.

Mr. Theut has assisted U.S., Japanese and European companies in structuring investment strategies in China, Mexico, Europe and other expansion efforts in Asia. His range of experience includes mergers and acquisitions, organizing and operating global expansions, general corporate law, international joint ventures and oversight of U.S., Japanese, Chinese and Mexican legal issues. Mr. Theut conducts frequent seminars in his areas of expertise.

Mr. Theut also serves as General Counsel for the Michigan Boating Industries Association and is the past Chairman of the Recreational Boating Committee of the Maritime Law Association. He has extensive experience in the financing, environmental and commercial aspects of waterfront development and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the one volume treatise “Recreational Boating Law”.

EDUCATION
University of Michigan (J.D., 1963; B.S., 1960)

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