Michael J. Delaney

Michael J. Delaney

Michael Delaney concentrates his practice on corporate law and has experience with mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate finance matters, including substantial experience in public offerings and private placements of debt and equity securities.

Selected Experience

· Issuer's counsel to a healthcare real estate investment trust in five secondary public offerings of equity securities totaling more than $548 million; four private placements and associated public exchange offers of senior notes totaling more than $485 million; three tender offers and redemptions of securities totaling more than $200 million; and a public rights offering of approximately $50 million.

· Special counsel to the Special Committee of the Board in connection with a $900 million going private transaction of a manufacturer of orthopedic surgical products.

· Issuer's counsel to a special purpose acquisition company in its initial public offering for $57.5 million.

· Counsel to an operator of skilled nursing facilities in connection with its approximately $1 billion going private transaction, the disposition of over 60 facilities, hospitals and home health agencies totaling more than $100 million and the private placement of $175 million of senior notes.

· Counsel to the manufacturer of air-activated heat packs in the sale of its stock for approximately $78 million.

· Counsel to a rural cellular operator in $90 million merger.

· Counsel to computer component manufacturer in its asset sale totaling $239 million and its redemption of the equity interest of a founding member for $90 million.

Background

· Recognized in 2006 as "Georgia Rising Star Super Lawyer" by Atlanta Magazine.

· Served as an Articles Editor for the Ohio State Law Journal during law school. His Note entitled "Lethal Weapon: Will Tenth Amendment Challenges Kill the Brady Act?" was published in the 1995 edition of that publication.

Publications, Articles and Speeches

· "Stock Option Blues: Surviving the challenges of stock option repricing," Financial Law360, March 4, 2009

· "Step into Liquidity: Can companies surf the PIPEline?, The Deal, February 4, 2009

· "Role Reversal: Buyers Gain Leverage Amid Economic Turmoil," The Deal, November 24, 2008

· "Delaware Chancery Clarifies Duty of Disclosure," Financial Law360 (Portfolio Media, Inc.), August 04, 2008

· "SPACs: Bright spot in bad economy?," Daily Report, June 6, 2008

· "SPACtacular: The Resurgence of the Blank-Check Company," Association for Corporate Growth - Mergers & Acquisitions Journal, June 2006.

· "Southeastern M&A Forum: Public Company M&A Panel, September 2006 (Panelist).

· "Role Reversal: Buyers Gain Leverage Amid Economic Turmoil," The Deal, November 24, 2008

· "Delaware Chancery Clarifies Duty of Disclosure," Financial Law360 (Portfolio Media, Inc.), August 4, 2008

· "Kilpatrick Stockton Labor & Employment Law Seminar: "Effective Labor & Employment Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions," September 2008 (Panelist)

· "ICLE "Negotiated Corporate Acquisitions" Seminar: Speaker: "Ethical Responsibilities of M&A Professionals," (January 8, 2009).