Michael T. Holick

Partner

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

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A Corporate 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, technology, infrastructure, energy, financial services, and industrials and manufacturing. His clients have included private equity firms such as Apax Partners, CDPQ, EQT, First Reserve, Goldman Sachs and Patricia Industries as well as large corporations, such as Certara, First Data, First Transit, 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.

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Work Highlights

EQT and Goldman Sachs in their $8.5 billion acquisition of Parexel
EQT and CPPIB in their acquisition of a majority equity stake in Waystar in a transaction valued at $2.7 billion
EQT in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Cypress Creek, First Student and First Transit, Storable, Kodiak Gas Services, Cast & Crew, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Press Ganey, its investments in SNFL, IFG and 3Shape, its sales of Press Ganey, Clinical Innovations and Contanda and the sale of a majority stake in Direct ChassisLink
Apax in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of Ole Smoky Distillery, Eating Recovery Center, Cadence Education, Syneron Candela and Garda World Security Corporation
Patricia Industries and its portfolio companies in multiple acquisitions, including Patricia’s acquisition of Advanced Instruments and Advanced Instruments’ subsequent acquisitions of Artel and Solentim, Sarnova’s acquisitions of Allied 100, Digitech and R1 EMS business and Laborie’s acquisitions of GI Supply and Pelvalon
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. and its recapitalization of IRISNDT Inspection & Engineering Services
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

Dartmouth College, 2002 A.B.
Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, 2008 M.B.A.
Lanier Merit Scholar; Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Vanderbilt University Law School, 2008 J.D.

Associations

New York State Bar Association

Admissions

New York 2009

A Corporate 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 and Goldman Sachs in their $8.5 billion acquisition of Parexel
EQT and CPPIB in their acquisition of a majority equity stake in Waystar in a transaction valued at $2.7 billion
EQT in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Cypress Creek, First Student and First Transit, Storable, Kodiak Gas Services, Cast & Crew, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Press Ganey, its investments in SNFL, IFG and 3Shape, its sales of Press Ganey, Clinical Innovations and Contanda and the sale of a majority stake in Direct ChassisLink
Apax in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of Ole Smoky Distillery, Eating Recovery Center, Cadence Education, Syneron Candela and Garda World Security Corporation
Patricia Industries and its portfolio companies in multiple acquisitions, including Patricia’s acquisition of Advanced Instruments and Advanced Instruments’ subsequent acquisitions of Artel and Solentim, Sarnova’s acquisitions of Allied 100, Digitech and R1 EMS business and Laborie’s acquisitions of GI Supply and Pelvalon
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. and its recapitalization of IRISNDT Inspection & Engineering Services
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
First Data in the $3.5 billion private placement of its common equity to investors
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.