Michael Piazza > Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Michael Piazza
Position
Michael De Voe Piazza is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Houston office, and is Co-Chair of the firm’s U.S. Private Equity Practice. Mr. Piazza focuses his private equity practice on mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and equity and debt offerings, including control, minority and preferred investments and structured equity and asset-level investments and financings. He regularly represents clients in the financial, oil and gas, energy transition and power sectors. Mr. Piazza has significant experience advising private equity funds and other financial sponsors in “GP stakes” transactions, leveraged buyouts, portfolio company investments and fund formation projects. He also has developed expertise in transactions involving the mineral and royalty business, the renewable natural gas business, volumetric production payments and “DrillCo” structures.
Career
For more information, please visit https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/piazza-michael/.
Education
J.D. Georgetown University Law Center cum laude in 2008, Princeton University magna cum laude in 2001.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
The ‘excellent technical knowledge‘ displayed by the private equity funds team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is appreciated by its client base of major private equity firms and other financial institutions. It has its strengths in substantial fund formation matters, acting for the sponsors in forming traditional funds, funds-of-one, separately managed accounts and co-investment vehicles. The team also covers fund manager servicing, transaction that involve funds and fund managers, and representation of institutional investors. A trio of lawyers coordinate the practice in this area: fund formation expert Shukie Grossman; Edward Sopher, who focuses on the establishment and operation of private investment funds; and LA-based Jennifer Bellah Maguire, who comes with client recommendation. Roger Singer‘s ‘specific real estate expertise‘ is appreciated by clients working in that field, while A.J. Frey focuses on advising large venture capitalists on investment in established companies. The Houston office saw the additions of Michael Piazza in March 2022 from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, who is strong on GP-led secondaries, and James Hays from the same firm in November 2022, who has niche strength in establishing platforms in Europe. Unless otherwise stated, above lawyers are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense