Michael is a Member in the firm's Boston office and a senior member of both the Securities Practice Group and the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. Michael is also a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
He represents public and private companies with an emphasis on financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance issues. Michael has extensive mergers and acquisitions experience as both purchaser’s and seller’s counsel and he has represented issuers in numerous public offerings.
Representative Matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Humedica’s sale to UnitedHealth Group
- Piramal Healthcare Limited’s $635 million purchase of Decision Resources Group
- iMDsoft’s $60 million sale to TPG
- Ion Torrent Systems’ $725 million sale to Life Technologies
- Amicas’ $267 million sale to Merge Healthcare
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ $400 million purchase of ViroChem Pharma
- iBasis’ $100 million sale to Royal KPN
- Qiagen’s $1.6 billion purchase of Digene Corporation
- Fastclick’s $214 million sale to ValueClick
- NEON Communications’ sale to Globix
- Ticketmaster’s $1.4 billion sale to USA Interactive
Public Offerings
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals in over $2.5 billion in equity and debt offerings over the last 10 years
Michael also serves as outside securities counsel to a number of public companies, including Virtus Investment Partners, Brooks Automation, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Alphatec, Primus Telecommunications, AvantAir, John Hancock Life Insurance Company and Sun Life Financial. Private company clients include BioHorizons, iBasis, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Ion Torrent Systems, W.E. Aubuchon Co., and Wellington Management, LLC.
Recognitions & Awards
- Best Lawyers in America: Securities Law (2007 – 2013)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Securities & Corporate Finance (2004 – 2006, 2008 – 2012)
Michael is a Member in the firm's Boston office and a senior member of both the Securities Practice Group and the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. Michael is also a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
He represents public and private companies with an emphasis on financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance issues. Michael has extensive mergers and acquisitions experience as both purchaser’s and seller’s counsel and he has represented issuers in numerous public offerings.
Representative Matters
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Humedica’s sale to UnitedHealth Group
- Piramal Healthcare Limited’s $635 million purchase of Decision Resources Group
- iMDsoft’s $60 million sale to TPG
- Ion Torrent Systems’ $725 million sale to Life Technologies
- Amicas’ $267 million sale to Merge Healthcare
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ $400 million purchase of ViroChem Pharma
- iBasis’ $100 million sale to Royal KPN
- Qiagen’s $1.6 billion purchase of Digene Corporation
- Fastclick’s $214 million sale to ValueClick
- NEON Communications’ sale to Globix
- Ticketmaster’s $1.4 billion sale to USA Interactive
Public Offerings
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals in over $2.5 billion in equity and debt offerings over the last 10 years
Michael also serves as outside securities counsel to a number of public companies, including Virtus Investment Partners, Brooks Automation, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Alphatec, Primus Telecommunications, AvantAir, John Hancock Life Insurance Company and Sun Life Financial. Private company clients include BioHorizons, iBasis, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Ion Torrent Systems, W.E. Aubuchon Co., and Wellington Management, LLC.
Recognitions & Awards
- Best Lawyers in America: Securities Law (2007 – 2013)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Securities & Corporate Finance (2004 – 2006, 2008 – 2012)
Newsroom
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Seventy-One Mintz Levin Attorneys Named 2012 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars , ()
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Sixty Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2013 Edition, ()
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Thirty-Nine Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2011 Edition, ()
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Mintz Levin Represents Alphatec Holdings, Inc. in $92 Million Public Offering, ()
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Forty-Eight Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers, ()
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Thirty-One Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2010 Edition, ()
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Twenty-Nine Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2009 Edition, ()
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Forty-Six Mintz Levin Attorneys Recognized as Massachusetts Super Lawyers, ()
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Twenty-Four Mintz Levin Attorneys Included in The Best Lawyers in America, 2008 Edition, ()