Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mike focuses his practice on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, buyouts and private equity investing, with a special emphasis on cross-border and international transactions. He also advises clients on the tax aspects of securities issuances, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and debt and equity restructurings. Mike has worked on numerous private equity and M&A transactions for clients including: Ares Capital, Bain Capital, CVC Credit, Huntsman Corporation, the Softbank Vision Fund and Summit Partners. He is an adjunct professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law where he teaches a class on the tax aspects of private equity transactions. Mike is also a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches “Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Transactions.”

Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude 2004; University of Rochester, B.S., Computer Science, B.A., Mathematics, magna cum laude 2000, Phi Beta Kappa.