A Mergers & Acquisitions Partner in the Firm’s New York office, Mike Holick regularly advises private equity firms and public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, investments, carve-outs, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other corporate transactions. He has experience representing clients across a variety of sectors including healthcare, infrastructure, consumer products, technology, financial services, and industrials and manufacturing and guiding sponsors and their portfolio companies throughout the entirety of the private equity lifecycle and beyond. His clients have included private equity firms such as Apax Partners, Blackstone, Corsair, EQT, First Reserve, KKR, Patricia Industries and Providence Equity Partners as well as large corporations, such as Certara, First Data, First Student, Gerdau, ITC, Waystar and Yageo. Mike has served on the Private Equity Advisory Board for Law360 and has been recognized as a Notable Practitioner by IFLR1000 and Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He has served a member of the Firm’s Personnel Committee and currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Finance Committee.
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Work Highlights
- EQT in a wide range of transactions, including its acquisitions of Zeus, Heritage Environmental Services, Radius Global Infrastructure, Madison Energy Investments, Parexel, Cypress Creek, First Student and First Transit, Waystar, Storable, Kodiak Gas Services, Cast & Crew, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Press Ganey, its investments in Cirba, SNFL, IFG and 3Shape, its sales of a First Transit, Press Ganey, Clinical Innovations, Contanda and Direct ChassisLink, the sale of a minority stake in Reworld and multiple acquisitions by its portfolio companies
- Apax in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of ECI Software Solutions, Thoughtworks, Bazooka Brands, Ole Smoky Distillery, Eating Recovery Center, Cadence Education, Syneron Candela and Garda World Security Corporation and Ole Smoky Distillery's acquisition of Tanteo Spirits
- Patricia Industries and its portfolio companies in multiple acquisitions, including Patricia’s acquisition of Advanced Instruments and Advanced Instruments’ subsequent acquisitions of Nova Biomedical, Artel and Solentim, Sarnova’s acquisitions of Allied 100, Digitech and R1 EMS business and Laborie’s acquisitions of Novonate, GI Supply, Pelvalon and Urotronic
- KKR in a number of transactions, including its acquisition of Envision Healthcare, Internet Brands’ acquisition of WebMD, First Data in its private placement prior to its IPO and its investments in Lomar Shipping and Lease Corporation International
- Blackstone in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Electro Methods, acquisition and ultimate sale of MB Aerospace, sale of AlliedBarton and multiple acquisitions by its portfolio companies
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First Reserve in various transactions, including the acquisitions of Goldfield, Dresser Natural Gas Solutions, CHA Consulting, Eagle Infrastructure and the integrity maintenance platform of EMS USA, Inc., its recapitalization and ultimate sale of IRISNDT Inspection & Engineering Services and its sales of CHA Consulting and GridTek
- ITC Holdings in its sale to Fortis Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $11.3 billion
- The ADT Corporation in its sale to an affiliate of Apollo Global Management in a transaction valued at $15 billion
Education
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Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, 2008 M.B.A.
Lanier Merit Scholar; Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
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Vanderbilt University Law School, 2008 J.D.
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Dartmouth College, 2002 A.B.
Associations
- New York State Bar Association
A Mergers & Acquisitions Partner in the Firm’s New York office, Mike advises clients in public and private mergers and acquisition and other corporate transactions. He regularly represents private equity firms and corporations in a wide range of transactions.
Selected transactions on which Mike has worked include:
- EQT in a wide range of transactions, including its acquisitions of Zeus, Heritage Environmental Services, Radius Global Infrastructure, Madison Energy Investments, Parexel, Cypress Creek, First Student and First Transit, Waystar, Storable, Kodiak Gas Services, Cast & Crew, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Press Ganey, its investments in Cirba, SNFL, IFG and 3Shape, its sales of a First Transit, Press Ganey, Clinical Innovations, Contanda and Direct ChassisLink, the sale of a minority stake in Reworld and multiple acquisitions by its portfolio companies
- Apax in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of ECI Software Solutions, Thoughtworks, Bazooka Brands, Ole Smoky Distillery, Eating Recovery Center, Cadence Education, Syneron Candela and Garda World Security Corporation and Ole Smoky Distillery's acquisition of Tanteo Spirits
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Patricia Industries and its portfolio companies in multiple acquisitions, including Patricia’s acquisition of Advanced Instruments and Advanced Instruments’ subsequent acquisitions of Nova Biomedical, Artel and Solentim, Sarnova’s acquisitions of Allied 100, Digitech and R1 EMS business and Laborie’s acquisitions of Novonate, GI Supply, Pelvalon and Urotronic
- KKR in a number of transactions, including its acquisition of Envision Healthcare, Internet Brands’ acquisition of WebMD, First Data in its private placement prior to its IPO and its investments in Lomar Shipping and Lease Corporation International
- Blackstone in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of Electro Methods, acquisition and ultimate sale of MB Aerospace, sale of AlliedBarton and multiple acquisitions by its portfolio companies
- First Reserve in various transactions, including the acquisitions of Goldfield, Dresser Natural Gas Solutions, CHA Consulting, Eagle Infrastructure and the integrity maintenance platform of EMS USA, Inc., its recapitalization and ultimate sale of IRISNDT Inspection & Engineering Services and its sales of CHA Consulting and GridTek
- Gerdau in connection with its sale of certain rebar production, fabrication and placing operation in the U.S. to Commercial Metals Company for $600 million
- CDPQ as part of a consortium to acquire ownership stakes in AlixPartners from CVC Capital Partners in a transaction valued at more than $2.5 billion
- Yageo in its acquisition of KEMET Corporation for $1.8 billion
- ITC Holdings in its sale to Fortis Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $11.3 billion
- The ADT Corporation in its sale to an affiliate of Apollo Global Management in a transaction valued at $15 billion
- Dollar General’s proposal to acquire Family Dollar for $9.7 billion
Mike received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and his M.B.A. from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management in 2008. He received his A.B. in 2002 from Dartmouth College. He is admitted to practice in New York.