Michael Deyong Bio

Michael Deyong is the Co-Head of White & Case's Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and is a partner, resident in the New York office. Michael has extensive experience representing clients in domestic and cross-border public and private mergers, acquisitions, sales, spin-offs, going private and private equity transactions. His practice extends across a wide variety of sectors, including the healthcare, energy and telecommunications industries. Michael also has broad experience advising on general corporate law matters, de-SPAC transactions and US securities law compliance in connection with mergers, cross-border tender offers and insider filings. Michael was recently selected by The M&A Advisor as a winner of its "40 Under 40 Emerging Leaders Award" in Mergers & Acquisitions, and distinguished as a "Leading Lawyer" for Mergers & Acquisitions in the United States by Euromoney (2021) and a "Rising Star" by Thomson Reuters in its "Super Lawyers – New York Metro" directory. Michael was listed to BTI's "2021 M&A Client Service All-Stars Survey", a guide where General Counsel single out the top M&A attorneys best at client service.