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Michael Gilson

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Michael Gilson

Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions
Northern California
New York

Advises U.S. and international corporate and private equity clients on a full range of public and private transactions, both domestic and cross-border.

Michael advises U.S. and international corporate and private equity clients on a full range of public and private transactions, both domestic and cross-border. His experience includes mergers, acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, collaborations, spinoffs, restructurings, special committee representations, and defensive and corporate governance advice.

Admitted to practice only in New York and England and Wales.

Experience

Strategic Company Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Altair Engineering on its $10.6 billion acquisition by Siemens
  • Nova Biomedical on its $2.2 billion acquisition by Advanced Instruments
  • Emera on the $1.252 billion sale of its New Mexico gas utility business
  • Cleveland-Cliffs on its:
    • $2.5 billion acquisition of Stelco Holdings
    • $14 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire US Steel
  • AssetMark on its $2.7 billion acquisition by GTCR
  • CoreWeave on its acquisition of Weights and Biases
  • Kemmerer family on its sale of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
  • Special Committee of Eargo’s Board of Directors on the company’s sale to Patient Square
  • Sitio Royalties on its $4.8 billion all-stock merger with Brigham Minerals
  • Roper Technologies on various transactions, including its $3.725 billion acquisition of Frontline Education  
  • Numerix on its sale to GenStar Capital
  • Reckitt on its acquisition of Biofreeze
  • Dufry on its going-private acquisition of Hudson
  • Clarivate on its $6.8 billion combination with CPA Global
  • Takeda on its disposition of Xiidra®
  • Services Group of America on its sale to US Foods
  • Shire on its £46 billion acquisition by Takeda
  • TiGenix on its sale to Takeda
Private Equity
  • Elliott Management’s
    • acquisition of a majority interest in American Greetings
    • sale of AC Milan
    • sale of Opus Music Group
  • Tailwind Capital’s
    • acquisition of Abode Healthcare
    • sale of Lone Peak Dental
  • TPG on various transactions, including its $1 billion IPO  
  • Evergreen- and Brookfield-led consortium on its $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen
  • Sycamore Partners’ $540 million acquisition of the Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lane Bryant and Lou & Grey brands
  • Bain Capital on its investment in KP Aviation
  • Cerberus Capital Management on its investment in Comscore
  • A consortium of investors on an unsuccessful bid for Chelsea FC  
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Insights

Lexology Panoramic: Private M&A 2025

Education

LL.M., McGill University
B.A., Law, University of Cambridge

Prior experience

  • London office, 2014-2016

Qualifications and admissions

  • England and Wales
  • State of New York
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