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Professional Highlights

Recognition & Accomplishments

Michael has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer from 2013 – present in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions and was listed for numerous years by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions.  Michael has also earned an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating for ethical standards and legal ability. In 2020, he was named a “Most Effective Deal Maker” by The Legal Intelligencer. 

Prior Experience

Prior to joining the Firm, Michael was an associate in the Corporate Finance Department of the Philadelphia office of Pepper Hamilton LLP.

Representative Matters

• Represented the management team of Digital Bridge Holdings LLC (“Digital Bridge”) in connection with the acquisition of Digital Bridge by Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) (“Colony”), a leading global investment management firm, for $325 million. In connection with the Colony acquisition, represented Marc C. Ganzi, a founder and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Bridge, in connection with his employment agreement to become the CEO of Colony, succeeding Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
• Represented DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, connectivity and managed services, in connection with Colony Capital’s (NYSE: CLNY) $185 million investment into DataBank through the purchase of secondary equity interests from existing investors Edgewater Funds and Allstate.
• Represented Digital Bridge Advisors, LLC (“Digital Bridge”) in connection with raising $800M to fund the acquisition of Etix Group S.A of Luxembourg, as well as the development of new greenfield hyperscale data center campuses in Frankfurt, Berlin, Milan, Zurich and Warsaw, Poland.
• Served as lead fundraising and investment structuring counsel for Digital Bridge Holdings, LLC in multiple initial and growth capital raises totaling over $2 billion from a broad range of domestic and international investors, including family offices, investment advisors, private equity funds, public and private pension funds and strategics.
• Represented PCSTrac, Inc. and Progressive Computer Services, Inc. in connection with sale of substantially all of the assets of their business to Descartes Systems Group (TSX:DSG) (NASDAQ:DSGX).
• Represented a private equity-backed consolidator of veterinary hospitals in connection with over 50 acquisitions.
• Represented the management of Global Tower Partners in connection with the merger of the company into American Tower Corporation for an enterprise value of $4.8 billion.