Honors & Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Note and Comment Editor, Buffalo Law Review
Representative Matters
Mike has led transactions in a wide variety of industries, including advanced manufacturing, aerospace, agribusiness, real estate and insurance. Representative transactions include:
- Counsel to various publicly held real estate investment trusts in connection with
- twenty public offerings aggregating $890 million
- $62 million offer to common equity in exchange for outstanding public debt
- various continuous equity “at the market” offerings registering in excess of $750 million
- Counsel to a publicly held agribusiness company in connection with
- various acquisitions of operating companies aggregating $215 million
- $68 million offering by an institutional selling shareholder
- Counsel to a publicly held advanced manufacturing company in connection with
- $90 million acquisition of a business with operations in North America and Europe
- the acquisition of a public company by merger and the related registered exchange offer of common stock issued in the transaction
Other Activities
- Board Member, Hilbert College
- Blessed Sacrament Parish Council, Member
- Olmsted Home School Association, Treasurer
- Member, National Alumni Association Board (NAAB), St. Bonaventure University
- Event Committee Member, St. Bonaventure Gaudete Medal Awards Ceremony
- Graduate, Leadership Buffalo, Class of 2013
Articles
- The Corporate Transparency Act: How the Government’s Fight Against Financial Crimes Affects Business Entities in America
November 29, 2023 - Changing with the Times: SEC Adopts Modernization Changes to Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G Beneficial Ownership Reporting
October 23, 2023 - California Adopts Climate Disclosure Laws that Could Affect Businesses Nationwide
October 12, 2023 - SEC Announces New Disclosure Requirements: Pay versus Performance
September 14, 2022 - Securities and Exchange Commission Amends Municipal Securities Disclosure Requirements
October 21, 2018
Videos
- New SEC Disclosure Requirements Take Effect Soon
October 5, 2022