EXPERIENCE

Michael’s representative matters have included advising:

Infrastructure

• American Tower in its $3.5 billion acquisition of InSite
• Funds and affiliates managed by Apollo Global Management in an investment of
  $11 billion to acquire from Intel Corporation a 49% equity interest in a joint venture entity related to Intel’s Fab 34
• Atlantic Aviation in its acquisition of three fixed-base operations at Omaha, Nebraska; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and
  Hartford, Connecticut
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of a minority interest in NIPSCO
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in its approximately $843 million (C$1.2 billion) investment in Tallgrass Energy
• DigitalBridge in its:
  • acquisition of Landmark Dividend
  • acquisition of Fibernow (f/k/a OpticalTel)
• KKR & Co. in its:
  • $3.37 billion acquisition of a non-controlling, 20% interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners
  • acquisition of the fiber optic infrastructure business from Entel, alongside Telefónica-backed ON*NET Fibra
  • acquisition of a majority stake in Boasso Global
  • acquisition of a 20% stake in Sempra Infrastructure Partners
  • acquisition of a majority stake in Telefónica Chile’s existing fiber optic network to establish Chile’s first open access wholesale fiber optics company
  • agreement with Telefónica Hispanoamérica and Entel Perú to acquire a majority interest in PangeaCo and the existing fiber optic networks of Telefónica del Perú and Entel Perú to build Perú’s first nationwide open access wholesale fiber optics company
• Wren House in its acquisition of an equity stake in Seacube Container Leasing Ltd., a global shipping container business, from OTPPB

M&A

• Air Liquide in its $13.4 billion acquisition of Airgas and its divestiture of U.S. assets to Matheson Tri-Gas, a subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
• Angelo Gordon in its sale to TPG
• BlackRock Long Term Capital in its:
  • acquisition of a majority stake in Summit Companies, as well as the subsequent acquisition by Summit Companies of Protegis Fire & Safety
  • acquisition of Transaction Data Systems from GTCR
• Endurance International Group, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, in its acquisitions of Constant Contact
• General Atlantic in its:
  • acquisition of Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure with approximately $12.5 billion in AUM
  • investment in Plusgrade, a global leader powering ancillary revenue solutions for the travel industry
• A multinational technology company in its $1.1 billion agreement with a computer manufacturing corporation
• OpenText in its $1.62 billion acquisition of Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division
• Simon Property Group in its acquisition of an 80% ownership interest in The Taubman Realty Group Limited Partnership, the operating partnership of Taubman Centers
• Transform Holdco and ESL Investments in Transform Holdco’s acquisition of Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores
• Warburg Pincus in numerous matters including its acquisitions of Gabriel Brothers and Duravant
• Westlake Chemical in its acquisition of NAKAN