Michael E. Sullivan

Michael has experience in a variety of industries, including the life sciences, cleantech, and technology. His recent experience includes representing:

• Vista Oil & Gas in its US$650 million global initial public offering, the first SPAC IPO in Latin America and the first energy exploration and production IPO in Mexico, which included a private placement of the shares in the United States and outside Mexico – Named “Financing Innovation of the Year” by Latin Finance (2017)
• Ignyta, Inc., a precision oncology biotechnology company, in its US$1.7 billion sale to Roche Holdings

• Advantar Laboratories, a contract analytical laboratory specializing in pharmaceutical research, development and clinical packaging, in its sale to Eurofins Scientific
• Ellipse Technologies, a developer of minimally invasive treatments for spinal deformities, in its US$410 million sale to NuVasive
• Ambrx, a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of protein-based drugs, in its sale to a consortium of Chinese companies
• ChemoCentryx, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its initial public offering on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
• Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., a marketer and promoter of pharmaceutical products and complementary diagnostic testing services, in its acquisition by Nestlé Health Science US Holdings, Inc.
• Various underwriters in the follow-on and financing transactions of Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Cardiome Pharma, Clovis Oncology and Neovasc
• WHI, Inc. in its acquisition by The Chip Conley Company, an operator of Fest300
• Red Hawk Advisors, LLC in its acquisition of the image sharing online community “weheartit.com”
• Visual Sciences, Inc., a leading provider of real-time analytics applications, in its acquisition by Omniture, Inc. in a cash and stock merger valued at approximately US$395 million
• The underwriter in the US$483 million initial public offering and US$387 million follow-on offering of Solera Holdings, Inc., a provider of software and services to the automobile insurance claims processing industry, on the NYSE
• AeroVironment, Inc., a designer, developer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems and efficient electric energy systems, in its US$131 million initial public offering on the NASDAQ Global Market

• Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova), one the largest private energy companies in Mexico and the first energy company to list shares on the Mexican Stock Exchange, in its:
  • US$598 million global initial public offering, including a private placement of the shares in the United States and outside Mexico
  • US$852 million acquisition of the 252-MW Ventika wind power generation facilities – Named “Private Equity Deal of the Year” by Latin Finance (2017)
  • US$1.6 billion follow-on equity offering, the largest equity offering in Latin America in 2016 – Named “Follow-On Equity Offering of the Year” by Latin Finance (2017)
  • US$840 million dual-tranche sale, the companies’ debut offering on the international debt capital markets

• Sempra Energy, an NYSE listed company, in acquiring, for approximately US$875 million, AEI's stake in two South American utilities jointly owned with AEI – Named a Deal of the Year" by both LatinFinance and EuroMoney (2011)
• NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG, which owns or has partial investment in more than 150 renewable energy projects totaling approximately 4,500-MW (AC) of solar and wind capacity in operation throughout North America, in its acquisition of:
  • Spanish Town Estate Solar 1, a 4,998-kW DC solar generation project being developed in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
  • Kansas South Solar Project, a 20-MW (AC) solar project of Recurrent Energy, a provider of alternative energy resource
  • Guam Solar Project, a 25.65-MW (AC) solar project of Quantum Guam Power Holdings, a provider of alternative energy resources
• American Assets Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust, in its formation and US$648 million initial public offering on the NYSE (the largest US REIT IPO of 2011 and largest US REIT IPO since August 2009)

Michael also has advised corporate clients on a wide range of general corporate matters, including: recapitalizations, fund formation, securities law, stock market listing obligation compliance issues, and entity formations.