Overview

Michael advises clients on strategic and capital-raising transactions across a broad range of industries, including technology, renewable and sustainable energy, transportation and manufacturing. Michael has extensive experience with minority and growth equity investments (including preferred equity and convertible debt financings), as well as acquisitions, dispositions and sale-of-the-company transactions, and corporate reorganizations. He also regularly advises on corporate governance, securities law and other general corporate matters.

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Credentials

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2013
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. with high honors, 2008 (Phi Beta Kappa)

Admissions

  • Texas

Recognitions

  • Chambers USA, “Up and Coming” in Corporate/M&A (Austin), 2024–2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Austin): Corporate Law, 2023 and 2024; Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2023 and 2024; Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, 2024;
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), (Austin): Corporate Law, 2026 and 2027; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2026 and 2027
  • Selected to the BTI Client Service All-Stars list, 2022
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CLE Events

Choosing Your Corporate Battlefield: Texas vs. Delaware Strategy

Join us in person on January 29, as panelists unpack the governance, fiduciary, and dispute-resolution differences between Texas and Delaware entities—then connect those legal distinctions to current dealmaking trends.

January 29, 2026

January 29, 2026 • 1-minute read

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Overview of SAFE Investments

The Vinson & Elkins team provided an overview of SAFE investments. 

July 11, 2023

July 11, 2023 • 1-minute read

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