Michael J. Douglas

Partner

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Bio

Education

  • Boston College Law School, J.D. cum laude
  • Tufts University, B.A. Psychology, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Lawyer Bio

Mike Douglas is a “go-to” corporate and securities lawyer with deep experience in negotiating and structuring complex transactions for clients in a wide range of industries, including SaaS and enterprise software, IT and managed services, staffing, semiconductor, food, footwear and apparel, and other consumer-facing industries. Mike works with emerging growth companies across their entire lifecycle, from drafting founder equity and employment agreements to negotiating venture rounds and exits.

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Mike has substantial experience in structuring licensing, distribution, and manufacturing agreements and he is regularly called in on “bet the company” mergers and acquisitions and strategic transactions. Mike also advises a number of early stage companies and entrepreneurs on company formation and entity selection as well as strategies for financing and equity compensation. He has advised companies and founders in numerous angel and venture financing rounds.

Prior to joining Gennari Aronson, Mike was an associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston where he worked on a variety of corporate matters for private and publicly held clients.

Mike holds a J.D from Boston College Law School, cum laude and a B.A. in Psychology from Tufts University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

Representative
Engagements

Mergers and Acquisitions

Sale of leading life science/biotech project management company to private equity-backed strategic acquiror

Sale of leading New England home improvement company to private equity-backed strategic acquiror

Acquisition of precision machining business by private equity-backed strategic acquiror

Sale of regional environmental residential services company to private equity-backed strategic acquiror

Acquisitions of renewable energy service and support businesses in US for public company acquiror

Sale of innovative contaminant remediation business, a subsidiary of a global services and consulting company, to a private equity backed environmental services firm.

Sale of registered investment advisor with more than $1B under management to Focus Financial Partners

Sale of blockchain trademark company to GoDaddy

Sale of environmental services company to Clean Harbors, Inc.

$72 million acquisition of United States based software business by Canadian software
company

$54 million sale of mobile phone software to a strategic acquiror

$42 million sale of semiconductor manufacturer to a strategic acquiror

$14.5 million sale of SaaS company to a strategic acquiror

Sale of privately held national footwear company to strategic acquiror

Sale of privately held global medical staffing company to financial acquiror

Acquisition of surety bond agency

Sale of healthcare-focused software developer to strategic acquiror

Financings

$8 million venture capital-led equity financing for FinTech company

$2 million venture capital-led equity financing for early stage CPG company

$10 million convertible note offering for on-line freelance writing community and subsequent $73 million sale to a strategic acquiror

$4.5 million Series B venture round financing for frozen food company

Company counsel in numerous convertible debt and angel financing rounds

Professional &
Community Involvement

Mike is a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge and he has completed courses in improvisation and sketch comedy at Boston’s Improv Asylum Theater.