Michael is a Corporate M&A partner and head of the firm’s Private Equity practice.

Michael focuses on advising financial investors, public and private companies and family offices on all types of domestic and cross-border M&A, including buyouts, exits, secondaries, carve-outs and spin-offs, public M&A including public to privates, private investments and joint-venture structures. Michael also advises clients on shareholder activism, takeover defense, restructurings, corporate governance, executive incentivisation and securities law matters.

Relevant Experience

Private Capital Deals

• Leeds Equity Partners on its acquisition of Learnosity and Interactive Services
• TPG Real Estate on its acquisition of Quintain Developments Ireland
• Starwood Capital Group on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres, a leading data centre developer in Ireland and the UK
• Verdane Advisors AS on the acquisition of a majority stake in Corlytics, the Ireland based provider of risk intelligence software
• M&G on the acquisition of a 41% stake in Finance Ireland, Ireland’s largest non-bank lender alongside Pimco
• Advent International on its acquisition of WhenThen
• HG Capital on the establishment of the Bright Software Group, minority investments and acquisitions of Brightpay, Thesaurus, Surf, Accountancy Manager
• KKR –
  • Establishment of and investment in the Activate Capital Irish lending platform
  • Biosynth Carbosynth on its acquisition of Aalto Bio Reagents,
  • Hyperion Materials & Technologies on its acquisition of NanoDiamond Products
• Pritzker Private Capital – ProAmpac acquisitions of Tool and Plastic, Irish Flexible Packaging and Fispak
• HIG Capital on the establishment of its Irish platforms and joint venture arrangements in the residential and nursing home spaces
• AssuredPartners on its acquisition of City Financial Marketing Group, on the structuring of its Irish platform, and on the acquisition of O’Callaghan Insurances, O’Donovan Insurances, Fitzgerald Insurances and Sayers Insurances
• Chanelle Pharma on its sale to Exponent
• Clune Tech Group on the sale of Immedis and $1 billion Transfermate funding
• Creditor group on the international restructuring of Nordic Aviation Capital
• Press Up Hotel Group on its sale to Elliott Management

Public and P2P Deals

• James Hardie Industries on its $8.8 billion acquisition of The Azek Company Inc.
• Jazz Pharmaceuticals on its $7 billion acquisition of GW Pharmaceuticals
• Praxair Inc. on its $70 billion merger with Linde Ag
• Epiris on its £206m acquisition of financial services firm IFG Group plc
• The ad hoc noteholder committee on the restructuring of Weatherford International plc