Michael Occhiolini

Practice Areas

Michael Occhiolini is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where his practice focuses on corporate finance, corporate law and governance, and derivatives.

Michael has experience in a variety of debt and equity financial transactions business entities, underwriters and placement agents. He has worked on hundreds of public and quasi-public debt and equity offerings, including convertible note offerings, high-yield debt offerings, investment-grade note offerings, preferred securities, and other structural financial products. Michael has a broad range of experience in SEC registered offerings and private placements, Rule 144A offerings, and Regulation S offerings. He also represents a number of public companies on general corporate matters and Exchange Act reporting matters. Michael has extensive experience helping our public companies with a wide variety of capital market transactions, including PIPEs, registered direct offerings, at-the-market offerings, equity lines, distribution agreements, and similar financing transactions. Michael has also worked with a variety of public companies to either repurchase or restructure their outstanding common stock or debt securities, including through privately negotiated repurchases and exchanges, SEC tender offers, and SEC exchange offers—whether for cash or in exchange for other securities.