Arthur Cox

Corporate and M&A

Michael is a Corporate M&A partner and head of the firm’s Private Equity practice.

Michael focuses on advising financial investors, public and private companies and family offices on all types of domestic and cross-border M&A, including buyouts, exits, secondaries, carve-outs and spin-offs, public M&A including public to privates, private investments and joint-venture structures. Michael also advises clients on shareholder activism, takeover defense, restructurings, corporate governance, executive incentivisation and securities law matters.

Relevant Experience  Private Capital Deals

Advent International on its agreement to acquire a significant minority stake in Felix Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, and on its acquisition of WhenThen Leeds Equity Partners on its acquisition of Learnosity and Interactive Services TPG Real Estate on its acquisition of Quintain Developments Ireland Starwood Capital Group on its strategic investment in Echelon Data Centres, a leading data centre developer in Ireland and the UK Verdane Advisors AS on the acquisition of a majority stake in Corlytics, the Ireland based provider of risk intelligence software M&G on the acquisition of a 41% stake in Finance Ireland, Ireland’s largest non-bank lender alongside Pimco HG Capital on the establishment of the Bright Software Group, minority investments and acquisitions of Brightpay, Thesaurus, Surf, Accountancy Manager KKR – Establishment of and investment in the Activate Capital Irish lending platform Biosynth Carbosynth on its acquisition of Aalto Bio Reagents, Hyperion Materials & Technologies on its acquisition of NanoDiamond Products Pritzker Private Capital – ProAmpac acquisitions of Tool and Plastic, Irish Flexible Packaging and Fispak HIG Capital on the establishment of its Irish platforms and joint venture arrangements in the residential and nursing home spaces AssuredPartners on its acquisition of City Financial Marketing Group, on the structuring of its Irish platform, and on the acquisition of O’Callaghan Insurances, O’Donovan Insurances, Fitzgerald Insurances and Sayers Insurances Chanelle Pharma on its sale to Exponent Clune Tech Group on the sale of Immedis and $1 billion Transfermate funding Creditor group on the international restructuring of Nordic Aviation Capital Press Up Hotel Group on its sale to Elliott Management

Public and P2P Deals

James Hardie Industries on its $8.8 billion acquisition of The Azek Company Inc. Jazz Pharmaceuticals on its $7 billion acquisition of GW Pharmaceuticals Praxair Inc. on its $70 billion merger with Linde Ag Epiris on its £206m acquisition of financial services firm IFG Group plc The ad hoc noteholder committee on the restructuring of Weatherford International plc

Law Society of Ireland, Institute of Taxation

BCL, UCD, 2007; Admitted as a Solicitor, 2011; Qualified as a Chartered Tax Advisor, Institute of Taxation, 2010.