Mike counsels clients across a broad range of corporate and transactional matters, with a focus on private equity, fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, and emerging company representation.
Drawing on over 24 years of corporate practice, he brings a practical, business-oriented approach to complex transactions and helps clients navigate each stage of the deal lifecycle — from structuring and negotiation through closing and post-closing matters.
Mike has extensive experience representing sponsors, general partners, and investment managers in the formation, structuring, and operation of private investment funds, including private equity, venture, real estate and private credit funds. He advises fund managers on a host of legal and business matters associated with launching and operating investment vehicles, including structuring considerations, drafting fund offering documents, and negotiating terms with investors and service providers.
In addition to his fund formation practice, Mike regularly represents buyers, sellers, and investors in leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, and growth equity transactions. He advises emerging and growth-stage companies on capital-raising activities, including venture capital financings, convertible note and SAFE offerings, seed and series-stage equity rounds, and private placements of securities at all levels of the capital structure. Mike also serves as outside general counsel to portfolio companies and privately held businesses, providing day-to-day guidance on corporate governance, commercial contracts, equity compensation, and other operational matters.
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- Counseled private equity fund sponsors in connection with the formation and structuring of multiple private investment funds across various asset classes, including private equity, real estate and venture strategies
- Represented buyers and sellers in leveraged buyouts and control acquisitions of privately held companies across a range of industries
- Advised emerging and growth-stage companies on venture capital financing transactions, including seed, Series A, and later-stage preferred stock rounds
- Represented investors and companies in private placements of equity and debt securities
- Counseled portfolio companies and privately held businesses on general corporate governance, equity incentive plans, and commercial contract matters
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- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of and mergers and acquisitions: middle-market (2018-2022, 2024-2025); private equity funds (2024) and private equity funds (including venture capital) (2026)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” (2017-2018)
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Business Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, Southern Capital Forum
- Board Member, Junior of Achievement of Georgia
- Georgia
- B.B.A., cum laude, Mercer University
- J.D., cum laude, Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law,
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