Sean H. Cook is a shareholder practicing in Butzel Long’s Bloomfield Hills office. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 1995), Walsh College (M.S., Taxation, 1989) and University of Michigan (B.A., 1987). He was recently named by DBusiness as a Metro Detroit Top Lawyer for Tax Law and Nonprofit/Charities Law.
Mr. Cook’s diverse practice includes federal and state tax planning and controversy; general corporate law which covers shareholder and owner issues, choice of entity analysis and formation and dissolution transactions; commercial law covering contract review and UCC issues; merger and acquisitions; succession planning; estate and trust planning and administration; non-profit entities, and general tax planning and consultation. Mr. Cook has helped clients buy and sell their businesses from structuring the transaction and handling the due diligence through closing and post-closing transactions. In the succession planning area, he has handled generation wealth transfers through a variety of mechanisms from traditional gifting to recapitalizations and family partnerships. In addition, Mr. Cook is a CPA with over eight years experience with a national firm and a metro Detroit firm. This CPA background adds an extra dimension when representing clients because of his “practical experience” with complex tax rules and his experience with financial and accounting issues.
Sean H. Cook is a shareholder practicing in Butzel Long’s Bloomfield Hills office. He graduated from Wayne State University Law School (J.D., 1995), Walsh College (M.S., Taxation, 1989) and University of Michigan (B.A., 1987). He was recently named by DBusiness as a Metro Detroit Top Lawyer for Tax Law and Nonprofit/Charities Law.
Mr. Cook’s diverse practice includes federal and state tax planning and controversy; general corporate law which covers shareholder and owner issues, choice of entity analysis and formation and dissolution transactions; commercial law covering contract review and UCC issues; merger and acquisitions; succession planning; estate and trust planning and administration; non-profit entities, and general tax planning and consultation. Mr. Cook has helped clients buy and sell their businesses from structuring the transaction and handling the due diligence through closing and post-closing transactions. In the succession planning area, he has handled generation wealth transfers through a variety of mechanisms from traditional gifting to recapitalizations and family partnerships. In addition, Mr. Cook is a CPA with over eight years experience with a national firm and a metro Detroit firm. This CPA background adds an extra dimension when representing clients because of his “practical experience” with complex tax rules and his experience with financial and accounting issues.
Mr. Cook has published a number of legal articles, including “Tax Provisions of Health Care Reform: Whether a Cure or Catastrophe, It Is Here”, Bloomberg Law Reports-Health Law (Vol. 3., No. 6 edition); and “Are Intermediate Sanctions on Tax-Exempt Organizations a Slippery Slope to Termination?”, The Michigan Business Law Journal (Spring 2006). Mr. Cook is a member of the State Bar of Michigan Taxation Section, the American Bar Association, and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a former adjunct professor at Walsh College, and served on the board of the Walsh College Alumni Association and as its President in 2000. He is currently a member of the Walsh College President’s Advisory Council.
Mr. Cook serves on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) (2009-2012) and is the immediate past chair of the MACPA Federal Tax Task Force.