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

  • Advent International on its agreement to acquire a significant minority stake in Felix Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, and on its acquisition of WhenThen
  • 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
  • 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