Overview
Based in the firm’s London office, Mike is a U.S. partner with over 20 years of experience advising on equity and debt capital markets, cross-border M&A and SEC compliance. He has advised on transactions for some of the world’s largest companies, including transformational M&A and IPOs on the London, New York, Amsterdam, Dublin, Johannesburg, Stockholm, Brussels and Ljubljana stock exchanges, as well as secondary offerings, rights issues and debt capital markets transactions.
Mike spent a year on secondment to Vodafone Group Plc, where he advised the treasury team on all their corporate finance matters and their co-sec team on matters of risk and corporate governance. Mike also spent a year in the firm’s São Paulo office, where he worked on a range of debt capital markets transactions.
Work highlights
Mike’s experience includes advising:
- on the €130 billion spinoff and listing by Naspers of its internet business on Euronext Amsterdam, the largest European listing of 2019
- Allied Irish Banks on their €3.4bn IPO on the London and Dublin Stock Exchanges, and on the establishment of their US$10bn US MTN Program
- Com Hem on their US$3.2bn SEC registered merger with Tele2
- on the IPOs of Steinhoff Africa Retail and Libstar and their listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
- Brookfield on their £2.6bn acquisition of Canary Wharf
- Capita on their £700mn right issue and Kier on their £264mn rights issue
- Vodafone on all of their SEC registered US public bond offerings
- ArcelorMittal on the €3.2bn spin-off and listing of its stainless steel business on the Luxembourg, Paris and Amsterdam Stock Exchanges
- RBS on its €71bn acquisition of ABN AMRO, its £12bn rights offer and its subsequent recapitalisation by the UK Government
Professional experience
Mike is a trustee of “
Validity”, an international human rights organisation supporting people with mental health issues.
Education and qualifications
Mike completed his B.A. at Dartmouth College and J.D. at Columbia Law School.
