Overview
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.
Services
Practice Areas
Experience
Prior Experience
- Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, 2012 - 2016
- Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP, 1989 - 2011
Credentials
Education
Calvin College, B.A.
- Business
Harvard Law School, J.D.
- cum laude
Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
Recognition
Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America,
- Recognized in practice areas of:
- Environmental Law, 2017-2024
- Real Estate Law, 2024
- Recognized in practice areas of:
- Law Bulletin Media
- Leading Lawyers, Environmental Law, 2017, 2023
- Leading Lawyers, Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law, 2017, 2023
- Leading Lawyers, Real Estate Law: Commercial, 2017, 2023
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