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Michael Gray

Michael Gray

Work Department

Corporate & Securities

Position

Leader of the firm’s Private Equity, Venture Capital & Growth Companies practice group in addition to its Fund Formation & Investment Management practice group

Career

Michael B. Gray concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, fund formations, and intellectual property. He represents investors, companies, and executives in private equity and venture capital transactions; mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; executive compensation; general contract and intellectual property agreements and the structuring of partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies. He also has extensive experience advising investors in funds and advising funds on their formation and compliance needs (both on-shore and off-shore). His clients include private equity and venture firms, asset management firms, hedge funds, family offices, publicly traded companies, institutions, entrepreneurs and middle market businesses.

Memberships

Economic Club of Chicago

The Illinois Venture Capital Association

Association for Corporate Growth

Education

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (J.D., 1992)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (M.S., 1988)

University of Chicago (B.A., 1987), with honors