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Biography

Michael is a partner in Davis Polk’s Investment Management practice. He advises fund-related clients on all manner of fund formation and investor relations, M&A (with deep experience in co-investment and regulatory matters). His clients include private equity, credit, growth capital, energy, hedge, energy, real estate, co-investment and fund of funds managers. Michael also advises on secondary transactions, GP-stake sales and purchases, spin-outs and JVs. He also regularly represents sponsors and senior executives of sponsors in employment and separation matters. His clients include Antares Capital, Cowen, Durational Capital, GHK Capital, Godspeed Capital, Golub Capital, Harvest Partners, Lightyear Capital, Tailwind Capital, Trilantic Capital and TruArc Partners (successor to Snow Phipps). Michael is widely recognized as a leading fund formation lawyer, having won recognitions from leading legal directories and journals like Chamber USA, Legal 500 U.S., IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and Private Funds Management. He is also a frequent conference speaker and is regularly quoted in the financial press. He is the current Chair of the New York City Bar’s Committee on Private Investment Funds.