Michael Wilson is an experienced dealmaker who focuses on serving clients in the private capital industry—including private equity and private credit—and has successfully guided clients to closing hundreds of transactions. He serves as co-leader of the firm’s Private Equity team.
Mike focuses on mergers and acquisitions, representing institutional investors, portfolio companies, founders and private companies on acquisitions, investments and exits. His extensive private equity experience includes representing funds, general partners and limited partners in portfolio investments, LP investments, continuation vehicles, GP-led secondaries, fund formation and working with small business investment companies (SBICs). Beyond traditional M&A, Mike advises on complex, customized transactions such as joint ventures, multi-phase restructurings and recapitalizations.
His clients include venture capital funds, startups and entrepreneurs, for whom he handles venture capital and growth equity transactions and company launches.
Mike also manages debt finance transactions, representing banks in lending to private equity funds and non-bank lenders in private credit transactions.
With deep experience handling deals in the technology, healthcare and life sciences sectors, Mike frequently works with companies across aerospace and defense, manufacturing and industrials, energy transition, food and beverage, consumer products, and fintech and Insurtech.
Clients value Mike’s responsiveness and attention to detail and credit him with bringing emotional intelligence to transactions that enables him to quickly understand stakeholder motivations, cut through gamesmanship and get deals done. A skilled connector, Mike brings together professionals within his orbit who can benefit from one another.