EXPERIENCE

Michael’s recent private capital transactions include representing:

• Ares Management in various matters, including:
  • its investment in, and subsequent acquisition of, Form Technologies, including Dynacast, Signicast and OptiMIM and related capitalization of Form
  • its investment in FTAI Infrastructure, in connection with FTAI Infrastructure’s spin-off from Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors
  • numerous transactions involving Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, including the $1.1 billion sale of Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives to MasTec
  • in connection with a financing of Insightful Science
  • its investment in, and subsequent acquisition of, Savers Value Village
  • in a growth investment in Virgin Voyages
• The Blackstone Group in connection with asset management investment transactions
• Catalio Capital Management in its sale of a minority stake to KKR
• CI Capital Partners in various matters, including:
  • its acquisition of Impact Sales
  • the sale of, and related add-on transactions for, Foundation Building Materials
• Content Partners, a Carlyle portfolio company, in connection with multiple transactions
• EagleTree Capital in various matters, including:
  • investments from affiliates of AlpInvest Partners and Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board
  • strategic minority investments from Investcorp, Misland Capital and Bullingham Capital
• KPS Capital Partners in various matters, including:
  • the $4.4 billion sale of Howden to Chart Industries
  • the €3.615 billion sale of Eviosys to Sonoco Products Company
  • the $3.4 billion sale of DexKo Global
  • the $900 million take-private acquisition of Tower International by its portfolio company Autokiniton Global Group
  • the acquisition of, and related add-on transactions for, DexKo Global
  • its investment in, and related add-on transactions for, Electrical Components International
• LGT Capital Partners in its acquisition of a minority equity interest in BarBri
• Liberty Capital in various matters, including:
  • its investment in LionsGate
  • its investment in Zimperium
  • its investment in Cybereason
• OceanSound Partners in its acquisition of PAR Excellence and in PAR Excellence’s acquisitions of TrackCore and NotiSphere
• Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of ICS Holding
• TPG Angelo Gordon in connection with preferred equity investments
• Wellspring Capital Management in various matters, including:
  • its $975 million multi-asset continuation vehicle for its interests in Supply One, Cadence and Pentac Health
  • its acquisition of Coverall
  • the sale of its portfolio company Paragon Film
  • its acquisition of Rohrer
  • its acquisition of, and related add-on transactions for, SupplyOne
  • its acquisition of AdvoServ
  • its acquisition of Help At Home
  • the sale of its portfolio company Great Lakes Caring
  • the sale of its portfolio company Checkers & Rally Restaurants
  • its investment in Qualitor
  • its investment in Swift Worldwide

Michael’s recent strategic transactions include representing:

• The special committee of the CBS Corp. board of directors in CBS’s merger with Viacom to form ViacomCBS, with an enterprise value of more than $40 billion
• Ericsson in its global business and technology alliance with Cisco
• Game 7 in various transactions, including its formation
• Harris Corporation (and its successor, L3Harris Technologies) in various matters, including:
  • the Harris Corporation board of directors in Harris’s $37 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies to form L3Harris Technologies
  • the sale of its government IT services business
  • the activist campaign by JANA Partners
  • the $1 billion sale of its airport security and automation business to Leidos Holdings
• Imagine Entertainment in connection with an investment in the company by The Raine Group
• Jeffrey Katzenberg in the $3.8 billion sale of DreamWorks Animation to Comcast
• Legendary Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Wanda Group, in various matters, including in a sale of a minority stake to funds managed by Apollo Global Management
• M.D.C. Holdings, which operates under the name Richmond American Homes, in its $4.9 billion sale to Sekisui House
• Nuance Communications in the spin-off of its automotive technology business and the sale of its Document Imaging division to Kofax
• The special committee of the Pilgrim’s Pride board of directors in Pilgrim’s Pride’s $1.3 billion acquisition of Moy Park from JBS
• QualTek Services in a series of divestitures, including in the sale of its Wireline fiber and Fulfillment business units to FiOptix
• Randstad Holding in its successful acquisition of Monster Worldwide, which was challenged by an entity affiliated with Alden Global Capital
• Savers Value Village in its acquisition of 2nd Avenue Thrift and GreenDrop and in its initial public offering
• SBA Communications in its $975 million transaction under which Millicom International Cellular S.A. will sell to SBA and lease back a portfolio of approximately 7,000 towers across Central America
• Simon Property Group in various transactions, including its $9 billion all-cash acquisition of an 80% ownership interest in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership, the operating partnership of Taubman Centers
• Spectrum Brands in its acquisitions of GloFish and PetMatrix
• Universal American in its $800 million sale to WellCare Health Plans
• Wiip, the independent studio, in connection with the acquisition of a majority interest in the company by JTBC Studios

Michael’s other transactions include representing:

• Multiple SPAC clients and targets in a variety of transactions, including Bowlero Corp in its combination with Isos Acquisition Corporation to form a publicly listed entity, with an enterprise value of approximately $2.6 billion; North Mountain Merger Corp. in its proposed (but ultimately terminated) business combination with Corcentric to form a publicly listed entity, with an enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion; and South Mountain Merger Corp. in its combination with Billtrust to form a publicly listed entity, with an enterprise value of approximately $1.3 billion
• Multiple restructuring related transactions, including an ad hoc group of secured noteholders of LSC Communications in the sale of substantially all of LSC’s assets to an affiliate of Atlas Holdings in connection with the chapter 11 cases of LSC and its minority investment in the purchaser; an ad hoc group of noteholders in the out-of-court restructuring and sale of OmniMax International; and an ad hoc group of first lien term loan lenders of QualTek Services in connection with both a prepetition financing transaction and a comprehensive restructuring effected through the company’s prearranged chapter 11 filing