Michael Roberts

Michael’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financings, private equity acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, recapitalizations, and other corporate transactions, on both a national and international level. As a member of Taft’s Business practice, he regularly represents private companies, entrepreneurs, private equity funds, venture capital funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. In addition to being an attorney, Michael is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Representative M&A Transactions

• Sale of a private label oral care company to a public company.
• Sales of multiple portfolios of student housing projects to public companies and financial buyers.
• Strategic acquisitions of paving and construction companies across the U.S. on behalf of a private equity firm.
• Sales of cannabis companies in the cultivation, distribution, and dispensary business to publicly-held companies.
• Strategic acquisitions of printing businesses across the U.S. on behalf of a private equity firm.
• Sales of medical and related practices to private equity firms.
• Sale of a medical device manufacturer to a public company.
• Strategic acquisitions of multiple digital marketing companies on behalf of a private company.
• Sale of an eDiscovery and artificial intelligence business to a private equity fund.
• Strategic acquisitions of veterinary practices on behalf of private equity funds.
• Strategic acquisitions of dental practices on behalf of private equity funds.

Representative International Transactions

• Strategic acquisitions by a purchaser in the Republic of Ireland of U.S. manufacturing companies.
• Strategic acquisitions of digital marketing companies in the U.S. on behalf of a U.K. company.
• Strategic acquisition of a U.K. medical device company on behalf of a U.S. purchaser.
• Preferred equity investment by an Australian pension fund in a hotel and office tower on behalf of the sponsor of the development.
• Acquisition of a technology company in India on behalf of a U.S. purchaser.
• Acquisition of a U.S. manufacturing company by a purchaser located in the Czech Republic.
• Strategic acquisition of a U.S. consulting company on behalf of a German company.
• Sale of a U.S. money transfer business to an international public company.
• Representation of a Netherlands company in multiple joint ventures with U.S. companies in the event staging business.
• Acquisition of a division of a U.S. distributing business from a U.K. company.

Representative Venture Capital Transactions

• Series B preferred investment in a crypto-currency exchange on behalf of the lead investor.
• Series B preferred financing on behalf of a security and privacy technology company.
• Convertible debt financing in a multi-state cannabis company on behalf of a family office.
• Series seed preferred financing in an oral care company on behalf of a family office.
• Series A preferred financing in a national gas company on behalf of a venture fund.
• Series seed preferred financing in a pharmaceutical company on behalf of a venture fund.
• Series A preferred financing on behalf of a health care digital platform company.
• Preferred stock investment in an international money transfer business on behalf of a venture fund.
• Series seed preferred investments of health care startup companies on behalf of a venture capital group.
• Convertible note financing of a digital real estate company on behalf of a family office.

Joint Ventures and Corporate Transactions

• Joint venture with a Chicago office tower and hotel developer on behalf of the equity investor.
• Multiple joint ventures throughout the U.S. with a student housing developer on behalf of the equity investor.
• Joint venture with a Florida hotel and office tower developer on behalf of the equity investor.
• Joint venture with a west coast real estate developer on behalf of the equity investor.
• Joint venture with a Texas office tower developer on behalf of the investor.
• Multiple joint ventures with hotel developers on behalf of the equity investor.
• Restructuring of high net-worth family offices.