Michael Meskill

Practice Areas

Corporate & Securities • Biotech, MedTech, & Life Sciences • Capital Markets • Corporate Governance • Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions • Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures • Public Companies & Securities • Technology • Venture Capital & Emerging Companies

Career

Michael F. Meskill focuses on securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, and general corporate law. He represents buyers and sellers in public and private M&A transactions, issuers, underwriters, and investors in public and private debt and equity offerings, and companies and special board committees in corporate governance matters.

Work Highlights

- Represented a public mobile advertising company in a series of transformative cross-border acquisitions of digital advertising companies totaling $1 billion

- Served as counsel to a Texas-based bank holding company in connection with its initial public offering for gross proceeds of approximately $48 million, before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

- Represented a public healthcare services company in acquiring its largest public competitor as part of its expansion effort

- Represented a public healthcare and manufacturing company in multiple acquisitions of public and private urology services companies

- Represented a public company in the sale of its specialty vehicle manufacturing division

- Represented a public healthcare and manufacturing company in the sale of one of its healthcare services divisions

- Represented a software development and outsourcing services company in an initial public offering and a follow-on public offering and in multiple acquisitions of software development companies

- Represented investment funds in their preferred return investments in high technology companies (multiple investments ranging up to $40 million per investment)

- Represented a nanotechnology company in a strategic joint venture transaction with a public chemicals company designed to monetize significant intellectual property assets

- Represented investor group in ownership expansion of Major League Soccer Austin FC team

- Representation of a company that owns and operates international truck dealerships in Texas in the sale of its business

- Represented a public bank holding company in a going-private transaction

- Represented a public bank holding company in multiple public exchange offerings to acquire banks

- Represented a public financial services company in multiple acquisitions of consumer finance companies

- Represented an investor in its acquisition of a significant stake in a public company and a related publicly traded master limited partnership

- Represented an underwriter in the public stock offering of a defense contractor

- Represented a public energy company in its public spin-off of its exploration and production operations

- Represented Native American tribal gaming corporations in Rule 144A bond offerings to raise proceeds to build hotels and casinos

- Represented various public and private companies in their capacity as borrowers under credit facilities

- Represented special committees of boards of directors of high-tech companies in their consideration of private equity offerings

- Advised a public company on its response to dissident shareholders seeking board declassification, majority vote for director elections, and termination of poison pill

Education