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H. John Michel, Jr., a partner and member of the Corporate and Securities Practice Group, has practiced law at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP since 1985. He concentrates his practice in securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate work.
Securities Offerings. A substantial portion of Jack’s practice involves the representation of issuers and underwriters in public offerings of securities to raise capital and to effect restructurings and acquisitions. In the recent past, he has worked on the registration of approximately $7 billion in securities including common and preferred stock and high yield debt instruments with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a variety of transactions.
Mergers and Acquisitions. Jack’s mergers and acquisitions transactions include acquisitions of health care companies, foreign and domestic manufacturers, foreign and domestic retailers and banks by the firm’s public and private clients in transactions ranging in size from less than $20 million to more than $1.5 billion. Jack has also represented clients in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions work, including friendly and hostile tender offers, the design and implementation of poison pills and other antitakeover devices, the legal evaluation of tender and acquisition offers by boards of directors, going private transactions and leveraged buyouts and acquisitions through federal bankruptcy proceedings.
General Corporate Practice. In addition to his work in the securities, mergers and acquisitions areas, Jack handles a number of other types of corporate matters for clients, particularly matters relating to federal securities law compliance, including insider trading.
In General. Jack received his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University, his master's degree from The University of Chicago, and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a member of the law review. | 