Bio

With four decades of legal experience, Gregory Demers focuses on trusts and estates, family business succession planning and business and corporate services. He always strives to provide tailored solutions to meet his clients’ needs in a cordial and understanding manner. Greg’s knack for making each person feel like they are his only client serves as the hallmark of his practice. He builds strong relationships with those he represents and takes pleasure in learning about their businesses, backgrounds, families and interests. Serving a wide range of Michigan clients, from moderate wealth to high net worth, Greg advises hundreds of family farm operations, closely held businesses, charitable institutions, private foundations, CPA firms and medical and dental practices. He responds quickly to their inquiries and concerns with informed, calming answers and always puts a premium on meeting deadlines. With deep knowledge acquired over many years, Greg handles a wide range of matters, including sophisticated estate planning, charitable gift planning, prenuptial agreements, estate settlement and trust administration. He works with clients on tax matters relating to trusts and estates, including income, gift, estate and generation-skipping taxes. He also facilitates the sale and acquisition of business entities and helps establish trusts, partnerships, LLCs and corporations. Greg appreciates the win-win nature of transactions — both sides receive something positive from completed deals. Greg frequently plans exit strategies for owners of closely held businesses, whether it be a sale to key employees, a third party or a transition to the owner’s next generation. He finds it highly satisfying to help clients realize the culmination of their life’s work.