Eric A. Zacks

Corporate Counseling, Mergers & Acquisitions, Emerging Growth, Finance

Experience:

23+ Years in M&A and Finance

Location:

Troy, MI

Admissions:

Michigan

Legal Expertise

About Eric

Eric A. Zacks advises private businesses, investors, and individuals on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and core corporate matters. He supports transactions and operational needs, including acquisitions/divestitures, management equity and employment arrangements, and various other corporate/operations agreements.

Eric is also a tenured faculty member at Wayne State University Law School, teaching mergers & acquisitions, corporate finance, and other transactional law courses. His scholarship focuses on contract law and, in particular, contract drafting practices and their implications for contract law development.

Awards & Recognitions

Wayne State University Law School® — Donald H. Gordon Award for Excellence in Teaching (2013), Professor of the Year (2012-2013)

Experience & Focus Areas

Mergers & acquisitions: deal strategy, negotiation, and execution
Finance: debt and equity financings
Corporate counseling for privately-held businesses and investors
Contracting and commercial agreements, including supplier and sales rep agreements
Management equity and employment arrangement support

Education

Harvard Law School
- Juris Doctor
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
University of Michigan
- B.A. in Political Science
- Honors: Graduated with High Distinction
- Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honor Society
- Sigma lota Rho, Honor Society for International Studies
- Phi Beta Kappa

Publications & Speaking

Selected Publications

Contract and Fraud, 26 U. PA. J. BUS. L. 570 (2024)
Contract Consentability: Autonomy Threats, Benefits, and Framing, 65 LOY. L. REV. 103 (2020)
The Restatement (Second) of Contracts §211: Unfulfilled Expectations and the Future of Modern Standardized Consumer Contracts, 7 WM. & MARY BUS. L. REV 733 (2016)
The Moral Hazard of Contract Drafting, 42 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. 991 (2015)
A Standing Question: Mortgages, Assignment and Foreclosure, 40 J. CORP. L. 705 (2015) (with Dustin A. Zacks)
Contract Review: Cognitive Bias, Moral Hazard, and Situational Pressure, 9 OHIO ST. ENTREPREN. BUS. L.J. 379 (2015)
Shame, Regret, and Contract Design, 97 MARQ. L. REV. 695 (2014)
Contracting Blame, 15 U. PA. J. BUS. L. 169 (2012)

Professional Involvement

Oakland County Bar Association
MCHS Family of Services, Director
Pembroke Academy, Director (2018-2025)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Junior Council (2019-2023)
Michigan Board of Nursing, Board Member (2018-2022)
Pope Francis Center, Director (2018-2021)

Prior Employment

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Corporate and Securities Department, Partner (January 2007 – June 2010)
- Associate (September 2002 – December 2006)

Third Circuit Reinforces Finality of Bankruptcy Confirmation Orders

September 28, 2025

Court of Appeals Confirms Trial Standard for Attorney Fees in Commercial Lease Disputes

August 6, 2025

Wolfson Bolton Kochis Secures Dismissal for Client in Complex Cross-Border Commercial Dispute

July 30, 2025

Eric A. Zacks

Corporate Counseling, Mergers & Acquisitions, Emerging Growth, Finance

Legal Expertise

About Eric

Awards & Recognitions

Experience & Focus Areas

Education

Publications & Speaking

Selected Publications

Professional Involvement

Prior Employment

Recent News & Articles

Third Circuit Reinforces Finality of Bankruptcy Confirmation Orders

Court of Appeals Confirms Trial Standard for Attorney Fees in Commercial Lease Disputes

Wolfson Bolton Kochis Secures Dismissal for Client in Complex Cross-Border Commercial Dispute

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