Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

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Michael O'Leary

Michael O'Leary

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner and co-head of the firm's corporate team

Career

Co-head of the firm’s Corporate team. Represents public and private companies and investment banking firms in corporate finance and M&A transactions, including: mergers, acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions, dispositions, IPOs and other public offerings, private placements; partnerships/joint venture formation; public company spin-offs; redemptions and consent solicitations; royalty trusts and VPP financings; upstream, midstream and interstate pipeline transactions; energy transition transactions and financings (including CCUS and clean hydrogen and ammonia production facilities); private equity and infrastructure investments in energy and portfolio company representation; counsels Boards of Directors and special committees on governance, fiduciary duties and conflict of interest transactions; joint bidding arrangements and corporate governance counseling. Expertise in upstream and midstream energy, intrastate/interstate pipeline, oilfield service company, MLP, royalty trusts and securities matters; M+A transactions and energy transition matters.

Memberships

Houston Bar Association State Bar of Texas

Education

JD, 1980, with honors, University of Houston Law Center BS, 1977, cum laude, Finance, The University of Alabama

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