J. Michael Nordin

Since 1982, Michael Nordin has represented clients in a wide range of complex business transactions, including the organization, financing, acquisition, and merger of companies; the acquisition, development, leasing, management, and financing of real estate; and the negotiation of business contracts. He has significant experience with vendor, supply and distribution agreements in several industries with both foreign and domestic parties.

His client list includes public and private companies engaged in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, food distribution, medical equipment, petroleum marketing, real estate, financial services and automobile.

Michael also advises clients in the healthcare industry on matters such as joint ventures, healthcare facility acquisitions, regulatory and legal compliance issues, investment and ownership arrangements, development of outpatient surgical and diagnostic facilities, physician practice mergers and acquisitions, corporate affiliations, and physician compensation arrangements.

Michael currently serves as leader of the firm’s Real Estate Group, and has previously served as leader of the firm’s Healthcare Group and Business Law Group. His achievements have earned him inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (business organizations; commercial transactions/UCC law; corporate law; health care law; mergers and acquisitions law; real estate law) and Oklahoma Super Lawyers.

• Organization of joint ventures for the acquisition, development, and financing of numerous office buildings.
• Representation of a manufacturing company in the negotiation of an economic development agreement with the City of Oklahoma City for funding of public improvements necessary for plant expansion.
• Structuring, negotiation and documentation of a ground lease and land use matters for the development of a $50,000,000 specialty hospital.
• Representation of an oilfield equipment manufacturing company in the sale of its remote well monitoring business division. 
• Representation of a national wholesale food distributor in acquisitions of competitors and in supply and distribution arrangements with grocery and convenience store chains.
• Acquisitions, sales, and financings of automobile dealerships and dealership facilities.
• Negotiation of the lease for the corporate headquarters of a major petroleum marketing company, including an economic incentive package from the City of Oklahoma City.
• Representation of real estate development companies in workouts and lease disputes with retail, commercial and other tenants.
• Multiple sales of developed and undeveloped real property by investors and developers, including title and land use issues.
• Acquisition of and construction financing for a medical research foundation’s new research facility.
• Reorganization and sale of a physician-owned surgical hospital.
• Represented an automobile dealership and its affiliated real estate holding company in the sale of the dealership’s assets, as well as the 14 acres of real property on which the dealership operated, for more than $64 million.