Michael P. Reed concentrates his practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, complex structured finance transactions, private investment fund transactions, joint venture and strategic alliance transactions, corporate governance, and securities regulation. He represents publicly and privately held companies and private equity firms, with an emphasis on financial institutions and diversified companies.

Mr. Reed has regularly represented public and privately held clients in all types of acquisitions, including stock-for-stock mergers, cash mergers, going private transactions, and stock and asset purchase and sale transactions. He also has represented underwriters and issuers in capital market transactions, including public and private offerings of debt, equity, and hybrid securities, and complex structured finance transactions.

Mr. Reed advises and represents boards of directors on a variety matters, including strategic transactions, corporate governance issues, and legal issues and fiduciary duties in the context of strategic transactions and corporate governance. He is a speaker on a variety of topics including mergers and acquisitions, fiduciary duties, and securities laws issues.

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business recognizes Mr. Reed, and in 2011 said, "Clients remark that 'he is tenacious and brings a sports mentality to the deal – he acts honorably, won't show up the other guy and doesn’t take things personally.'"

Representative experience

• Counsel to multiple top 25 bank holding companies in the US for private and public mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate finance transactions representing in excess of $20 billion in transaction value as well as strategic and regular corporate governance advice.
• Counsel to multiple private equity firms and venture capital firms and their portfolio companies with respect to acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising, and initial public offerings.
• Counsel to defense contracting companies and diversified industrial companies for mergers and acquisitions, strategic advice and counseling, and corporate governance matters.
• Counsel to multiple mortgage banking companies for mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic alliance transactions as well as strategic and regular corporate governance advice.
• Counsel to private and publicly held REITs (including closely controlled REITs) in various capital raising transactions.
• Counsel to multiple top 25 bank holding companies in the US for complex structured finance transactions (including offshore transactions) involving regulatory capital raising activities.
• Counsel to underwriters for public and private offerings, including 144A transactions and initial public offerings.