DLA Piper welcomes Justin Michael to the firm’s Corporate practice

DLA Piper is pleased to welcome Justin Michael as a Partner in the Corporate practice. He will be based in the New York office.

Mr. Michael advises issuers and underwriters on a wide range of derivatives, structured products, and equity-linked securities transactions. His extensive background includes convertible and exchangeable note offerings and related call spread transactions, equity unit and tangible equity unit transactions, convertible preferred stock transactions, registered share forward transactions, variable prepaid forward transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs, and total return swaps.

He has played a role in notable matters, including advising the underwriters on a perpetual strike preferred stock offering by a bitcoin treasury company; guiding the initial purchasers in multiple convertible note offerings by a bitcoin treasury company; counseling dealers regarding a call spread overlay related to convertible senior notes for a leading healthcare technology company; and representing the initial purchasers for convertible senior note offerings from a technology-driven products and services company.

“Justin’s representations of both issuers and underwriters provides our clients with valuable experience in complex capital markets transactions,” said Andrew Gilbert, US Chair of DLA Piper’s Corporate practice. “That experience and perspective will allow our clients to structure transactions and move forward with greater confidence as they raise capital in challenging markets.”

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