Kenneth W. Vermeulen

Ken Vermeulen is a partner in Honigman's real estate department, with a primary focus on real estate and environmental law. He has extensive experience in a variety of real estate matters and focuses his practice on leasing, transactional, construction contracting, and environmental law matters.

• Drafts and negotiates terms for the purchase and sale of real estate, manages due diligence process, prepares closing documents and attends to closings.
• Drafts and negotiates construction-related contracts on a wide variety of commercial and industrial construction projects throughout the country.
• Drafts and negotiates leases for various commercial and industrial uses.
• Represents clients on a variety of environmental matters, including investigation and remediation of contaminated sites throughout the country, and environmental due diligence in connection with real property leases and acquisitions.
• General counsel to the Michigan Aggregates Association, and represents numerous sand, gravel and limestone producers with respect to permitting, real estate and environmental matters.
• Provides advice regarding compliance and permitting under state and federal environmental statutes and regulations.

Practice Areas

Prior Experience

• Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, 2012 - 2016
• Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP, 1989 - 2011

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Admissions

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Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America, 2017-2023
  • Recognized in practice area of Environmental Law
• Leading Lawyers Magazine Michigan, 2017
  • Recognized in practice areas of:
    • Environmental Law
    • Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law
    • Real Estate Law: Commercial

Professional & Community Involvement

• American Bar Association Member
  • Environment, Energy and Resource Section
  • Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section
  • Construction Industry Forum
• Michigan Bar Association Member
  • Real Property Law Section
  • Environmental Law Section

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