Ranked by Chambers USA for the past six years, Michael is recognized for his ability to navigate the full lifecycle of private equity investment. His practice spans new platform acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, add-on acquisitions, and high-stakes exits. Clients praise his pragmatic approach to dealmaking, noting that he “is highly responsive and does a great job balancing both sides of a negotiation” while delivering “smart, responsive and thorough” counsel.

Michael’s experience as an entrepreneur provides him with a unique advantage when advising sponsors acquiring or recapitalizing founder-led targets. He understands the emotional and economic drivers of founder-sellers, allowing him to bridge gaps in negotiation and design creative structures that align incentives between sponsors, sellers, and management teams. As one client notes, “I value Michael’s judgment” in these delicate commercial contexts.

Within the firm, Michael serves as chair of the Technology and Private Equity Knowledge Management committees, positioning him at the forefront of innovation in the delivery of legal services. In these roles, he leverages his background to implement artificial intelligence and data-driven efficiencies into the deal process, ensuring that complex diligence and transaction management are handled with speed and precision.

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• Represented Comvest Private Equity in nearly 20 transactions, including its majority investment in Riccobene Associates Family Dentistry, a leading dental services organization; its acquisition of Your Behavioral Health, a leading regional provider of mental health and addiction treatment services for adults and teens; and various tuck-in acquisitions for, and ultimate sale of, FastMed Urgent Care, one of the largest independent urgent care network in the United States; Red Hawk Fire & Security, a leader in commercial fire, life safety, and security services, to ADT Inc.; and SunteckTTS, a leading North American third-party transportation and logistics company
• Represented Lorient Capital in its acquisition of Vitae Health Systems, provider of patient-centric primary, behavioral, and specialty healthcare services to geriatric populations located in the long-term care setting; and its sale of Behavioral Frontiers, a national leader in autism therapy
• Represented The Beekman Group in its acquisition and ultimate sale of ActivePro Rehab Partners, a leading provider of outpatient physical and occupational therapy to patients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region
• Represented Cambridge Capital in its majority investments in STAT Recovery, a machine learning-based invoice audit software platform; Everest Transportation Systems, an innovative, high-growth freight brokerage firm; and Boa Logistics and Flow Cold Storage, third-party logistics companies specializing in refrigerated less-than-truckload freight consolidation
• Represented Greater Sum Ventures in its acquisition of 4D EMR, a specialty-first, cloud-based EMR and practice management platform designed specifically for plastic surgery, dermatology, and midspan practices and HelloNote, a cloud-based practice management and electronic documentation platform built for rehabilitation professionals
• Represented Vesey Street Capital Partners in its majority recapitalization of Inceptua Group, a leading provider of clinical trial supplies and related services, as well as global early access programs, and its acquisition of ComplexCare Solutions, a leading independent provider of health assessments and member engagement services to health plans

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