Mike Dooley

Mike’s experience includes advising:

Strategic M&A

• Green Dot Corporation in its US$1.1 billion acquisition by Smith Ventures and CommerceOne*
• Gibraltar Industries in its US$1.3 billion acquisition of OmniMax International*
• OpenAI in its US$1.1 billion acquisition of Statsig*
• OpenAI in its US$6.5 billion acquisition of io Products*
• Mechanics Bank in its US$3.6 billion merger with HomeStreet*
• Univar Solutions in its US$8.1 billion acquisition by Apollo Global Management and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority*
• Office Properties Income Trust in its all-stock combination with Diversified Healthcare Trust to create a diversified REIT with US$12.4 billion in assets*
• Global Payments in its US$4 billion acquisition of EVO Payments*
• Johnson & Johnson in its US$3.4 billion acquisition of Auris Health*
• Cable One in its US$2.2 billion acquisition of Hargray Communications*
• Univision in its sale to Searchlight, Forgelight, and other investors*
• Swedish Orphan Biovitrum in its acquisition of Dova Pharmaceuticals for US$915 million*
• US Foods in its US$1.8 billion acquisition of Services Group of America and divestiture of certain assets*

Joint Ventures and Minority Investments

• Global Payments in its US$1.5 billion strategic investment from Silver Lake*
• Coherent Corp in its sale of a 25% non-controlling interest in its Silicon Carbide business to Denso Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation at a US$4 billion post-investment valuation*
• Oaktree Capital Management in its acquisition of a majority stake in Great American Holdings from B. Riley Financial and the formation of a joint venture*
• US Foods in connection with its US$500 million PIPE by KKR*
• CommScope in its US$1 billion PIPE by The Carlyle Group*

Carveouts and Divestitures

• Hubbell Incorporated in the sale of its Residential Lighting business to Kingswood Capital*
• IBM in its divestiture of software products to HCL Technologies for US$1.8 billion*
• World Fuel Services in its US$400 million sale of its Multi Service Payment Solutions business to Corsair Capital*
• Various other carveouts, divestitures, tack-on acquisitions, and reorganizations*

Equity and Debt Offerings

• Office Properties Income Trust in the exchange of over US$1.5 billion in exchange offers for its existing notes*
• Global Payments in its US$2.5 billion registered notes offering in connection with its acquisition of EVO Payments*
• Motorola Solutions in its US$1.59 billion repurchase of its 1.75% convertible notes from Silver Lake*
• Cable One in its US$920 million convertible note offering*
• Axalta Coating Systems in its US$700 million 144A/Reg. S high-yield senior notes offering*
• RXO in its US$355 million notes offering*
• PG&E in its US$400 million at-the-market program*
• Tender offers and consent solicitations*
• Global Payments in its US$5.75 billion revolving credit facility in connection with its acquisition of EVO Payments*
• Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. in its US$700 million private credit term loan financing and five-day cash tender offer for its existing senior secured notes due 2026*
• Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. in the amendment and extension of its US$175 million asset-based revolving credit facility and defeasance and redemption of its existing senior secured notes*
• RXO in its US$500 million revolving credit facility and US$100 million term loan credit facility*
• Commitment papers and credit facility amendments*

Corporate Governance and Advisory

• Activism defense and rights plan adoptions*
• Securities Act and Exchange Act compliance matters*
• Liability management transactions*
• Financial advisor representations*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham