Michael A. Witt

Michael A. Witt

Michael A. Witt is a partner in the Corporate and Finance practice groups in the Chicago office. Mr. Witt has extensive experience representing banks and lending institutions in various financing transactions. He also has extensive experience representing business entities, private equity firms and individuals in various business and financing transactions, including the buying and selling of companies and acquisition financing arrangements.

Mr. Witt is an active member of the Benefits Committee of The Lungevity Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to finding a cure for lung cancer.

Mr. Witt is a 1995 graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was a member of the Loyola Law Journal, and a graduate of the University of Illinois. Mr. Witt also attended Queen Mary's College in London.

Areas Of Practice

· Commercial Finance Mergers and Acquisitions Corporate and Business Law Corporate Finance

Representative Matters

· Represented Dade Behring Inc. in connection with an approximately $500 million lease receivables transaction with GE Capital

· Represented LaSalle Bank National Association on several loans to medical groups, hospitals and various nursing homes

· Represented Wells Fargo Foothill on three separate loan facilities to manufacturing entities aggregating to approximately $100 million of indebtedness

· Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank in connection with various loan facilities to manufacturing companies and an Iowa turkey cooperative

· Represented Fifth Third Bank in acquisition financing transactions

· Represented a private equity firm in connection with the purchase of the stock of a manufacturing business for a purchase price of approximately $25 million

· Represented the issuer in a $160 million Rule 144A senior note offering

· Represented a consortium of buyers in connection with a purchase of various wholesale floral companies throughout the United States and Canada

· Represented a high-tech startup company in its series of capital raises and a licensing arrangement with a Fortune 500 company and a private equity fund in its purchase of convertible preferred stock in a high tech company

· Represented an individual in connection with his purchase of an import business

· Represented Quotesmith.com in connection with its purchase of Life Quotes Inc.

· Represented a privately-held golf company in connection with its sale to a public company

· Represented a purchaser of several trade publications throughout the United States and Canada

· Represented a subordinated lender in a $8 million loan to an Indian tribe in the State of Washington

· Represented an underwriter in connection with a $35 million bond offering

·Represented issuers in connection with a private placement of $100 million of debentures

· Worked as a member of the team of lawyers representing BT Commercial Corporation in its Debtor-in-Possession financings to Levitz Furniture and Venture Stores

· Worked as a member of the team of lawyers on the multi-billion dollar ComEd/PECO Energy and Nevada Power/Sierra Pacific Resources mergers

Professional Activities

· The Chicago Bar Association

· American Bar Association
- Negotiated Acquisitions Committee

· Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries

· Illinois State Bar Association

Education

· Loyola University School of Law - Member, Loyola Law Journal

Experience

· Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2005-present
- Associate, 2000-2004

· Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, Illinois
- Associate, 1995-2000

Civic and Charitable Activities

· The Lungevity Foundation
- Benefits Committee

Selected Speaking Engagements

· Co-guest lecturer, Venture Capital Structural Matters, Villanova Law School, Villanova, Pennsylvania, March 23, 2006

· Lecturer, Villanova Law School's e-Business Class, March 2005