Bio

Michael Kirwan is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, as well as co-chair of the firm’s Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Team. He counsels business clients on securities, acquisitions, financings, corporate governance matters, and fund formations. Michael has worked on numerous public and private offerings, including IPOs and follow-on offerings, represented many companies with their periodic reporting obligations and other matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission, represented special committees of boards of directors, and handled a variety of business combinations, venture capital matters, and real estate fund formations. He has significant experience in the REIT industry. Michael represents a number of publicly traded companies that are listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ, and OTCQX. He is a designated advisor for disclosure for OTCQX listed companies. Prior to joining Foley in 2006, Michael was a partner at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP. He then became the general counsel and eventually the chief operating officer for Encore Development, Inc., a national technology consulting firm.