Michael Gray > Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
2 NORTH LASALLE STREET
SUITE 1700
CHICAGO, IL 60602
ILLINOIS
United States
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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

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP fields a team of specialist M&A practitioners who are the trusted partners of a variety of longstanding and new clients operating in a range of sectors, notably metals and mining. Led from Chicago, the team regularly works with top Canadian natural resources companies on some of their most significant transactions. Practice head John Koenigsknecht stands out for his strong background in domestic and cross-border M&A involving public and private companies. Devoted to complex transactional and corporate governance matters, Michael Gray handles a mix of M&A, private equity deals and venture capital investments. Middle-market businesses regularly seek Joshua Klein‘s assistance in deals taking place in the tech, manufacturing, retail, healthcare and life sciences spaces. Cristina DeMento primarily attracts instructions from high-growth companies and their investors. All named attorneys are based in Chicago.