Michael Darby Bio

Michael Darby practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and other significant corporate matters. He also regularly counsels clients on capital markets matters, disclosure matters, corporate governance and activist defense. Recent examples include advising Energy Harbor Corp. in connection with its acquisition by Vistra Corp., Chiesi Farmaceutici in its proposed US$1.48 billion acquisition of Amryt Pharma; T. Rowe Price in its US$4.2 billion acquisition of Oak Hill Advisors; US Ecology, Inc. in its US$2.2 billion sale to Republic Services Inc.; Quest Diagnostics Incorporated in the US$760 million sale of its ownership interest in Q2 Solutions to IQVIA; Crown Holdings in the €1.9 billion sale of its European tinplate business to KPS Capital Partners; Blackboard in the sale of its Transact business unit to Reverence Capital Partners; and B&G Foods in the sale of its Pirate’s Booty business to Hershey. Mr. Darby’s corporate clients span a broad range of industries, such as life sciences, industrials, financial services and technology.