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4

Band 4

Corporate/M&A

Illinois

5 Years Ranked

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Michael F. DeFranco currently serves as a member of the Firm's Global Transactional Practice Group management committee. He is the past Chair of the Firm's Global M&A Practice Group. He advises clients on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, corporate governance issues and disclosure concerns. His extensive experience includes representing multinational companies in both public and private acquisitions and divestitures.

Mr. DeFranco concentrates on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance as well as general corporate and securities matters. He represents buyers, sellers and their financial advisers in a wide variety of transactions — including negotiated and contested public and private acquisitions and divestitures, cross-border transactions (both inbound and outbound) and other strategic alliances. Mr. DeFranco also advises public companies on various governance and compliance issues.

Languages Spoken

English

Education

Columbia Law School

J.D.

1998

Yale University

M.A.

1997

University of Notre Dame

B.A.

1994

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Band 4
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Michael DeFranco advises clients on high-value M&A and securities matters. His client base includes public and private companies from across a broad range of industries.

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