Michael Jacobs Bio

Michael has closed hundreds of transactions and has provided practical outside general counsel advise to many businesses. Michael regularly provides clients with strategic corporate counsel on mergers & acquisitions, business structuring and governance issues, corporate finance through debt and private equity offerings, and private company succession planning and disputes. Michael works with several private equity funds and their portfolio companies for their platform and add-on acquisitions and sales, as well as general counsel services for the portfolio companies to maximize return and minimize risk. Michael often provides outside general counsel services to clients, addressing their full range of legal needs through collaboration with other firm attorneys, in key areas including SEC compliance, employment, benefits, patent/trademark, government relations and litigation matters. Michael is a skilled M&A lawyer who has led many multi-million dollar transactions in a variety of industries including manufacturing, communications, agribusiness, energy and professional services, representing both buyers and sellers of public and private companies, including several private equity funds. He also works with clients on financing matters and negotiates acquisition, construction and permanent loan financing for many transactions. Michael also assists banks, regional and national developers, and retailers with commercial real estate sale, purchase and development transactions.