Michael Gilson
Lawyers
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 highlights
Strategic Company Mergers & Acquisitions
- AssetMark on its $2.7 billion acquisition by GTCR
- 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
- TPG on various transactions, including its $1 billion IPO
- Elliott Management on various transactions, including the sale of AC Milan to RedBird Capital Partners
- Tailwind Capital on various transactions, including its acquisition of Abode Healthcare
- A consortium of investors on an unsuccessful bid for Chelsea FC
- Cerberus Capital Management on its investment in Comscore
- Evergreen- and Brookfield-led consortium on its $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen
Insights
Education
LL.M., McGill University
B.A., Law, University of Cambridge
Professional history
- Partner, 2022-present
- London office, 2014-2016
- Davis Polk since 2014
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales
- State of New York