Mark R. High

Mark High, a consulting member in Dickinson Wright’s Detroit office, focuses his practice on corporate law. He helps buyers and sellers with mergers and acquisitions across various industries, including tech, manufacturing, retail, and more. With deals ranging from $5 million to $150 million, Mark’s attention to detail ensures successful transactions. He also serves as general counsel to small and medium-sized companies and advises branches of foreign businesses, including those from Canada, Japan, China, and other countries. Mark received the Stephen H. Schulman Outstanding Business Lawyer Award from the State Bar of Michigan’s Business Law Section in 2022.

• Counsel to buyers and sellers in mergers or acquisitions in the high tech, manufacturing, retail, food service, real estate, automotive, defense, medical device and natural resource industries in transactions valued between $5 million and $150 million.
• General counsel to small and medium-sized closely-held entities.
• Counsel to domestic branches of Canadian and other foreign businesses (Japanese, Chinese, English, Swiss, Brazilian, Russian, Italian, South African, Taiwanese) in automotive and other industries.
• Counsel to Johnson Controls, Inc. in organizing $400 million joint venture with subordinated lenders to acquire interior business of Plastech Engineered Products from bankruptcy, and administering company through lender buy-out.
• Counsel to Tier 1 supplier in dissolving 20-year joint venture relationship with Japanese partner.
• Counsel to Tier 1 suppliers in stock and asset purchase and sale transactions.
• Counsel to investment entity in purchase, financing, and ultimate sale of Great Lakes freighters.
• Counsel to commercial bank in ongoing vessel financings.
• Counsel to entrepreneurs and other closely-held entities in formation, succession planning, and business divorce situations.
• Counsel to minority and majority investors in establishing minority business entities.

• Author, “FinCEN Simplifies CDD Requirements for Financial Institutions,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, February 2026
• Author, “CTA – Where Does It Stand Today?,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, January 2026
• Co-Author, “FinCEN Narrows CTA Reporting Requirements,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, March 2025
• Co-Author, “U.S. Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act for U.S. Citizens and U.S. Companies,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, March 2025
• Co-Author, “Texas Court Recognizes Supreme Court Ruling, Reinstates BOI Filing Requirement,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, February 2025
• Co-Author, “Supreme Court Stays Fifth Circuit CTA Injunction, But Clarity Remains Elusive,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, January 2025
• Co-Author, “Fifth Circuit Reinstates CTA Injunction, FinCEN Still Accepting Voluntary Filings,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, January 2025
• Co-Author, “Fifth Circuit Reverses CTA Injunction, Deadline Extended,” Dickinson Wright Client Alert, December 2024