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Michael T. Holick
 

Michael T. Holick

Partner
 
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017 

A Corporate Partner in the Firm’s New York office, Mike Holick regularly advises private equity firms and public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, investments, carve-outs, joint ventures, recapitalizations and other corporate transactions. He has experience representing clients across a variety of sectors including healthcare, infrastructure, consumer products, technology, financial services, and industrials and manufacturing. His clients have included private equity firms such as Apax Partners, Blackstone, EQT, First Reserve, KKR, Patricia Industries and Providence Equity Partners as well as large corporations, such as Certara, First Data, First Transit, Gerdau, ITC, Waystar and Yageo. Mike has served on the Private Equity Advisory Board for Law360 and has been recognized as a Notable Practitioner by IFLR1000 and Rising Star by Super Lawyers. He currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Finance Committee.

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Work Highlights
  • EQT and their partners in a number of consortium deals, including EQT Active Core Infrastructure and PSP Investments in their acquisition of Radius Global Infrastructure, EQT and Goldman Sachs in their $8.5 billion acquisition of Parexel and EQT and CPPIB in their acquisition of a majority equity stake in Waystar in a transaction valued at $2.7 billion
  • EQT in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Zeus, Heritage Environmental Services, Madison Energy Investments, Cypress Creek, First Student and First Transit, Waystar, Storable, Kodiak Gas Services, Cast & Crew, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Press Ganey, its investments in Cirba, SNFL, IFG and 3Shape, its sales of First Transit, Press Ganey, Clinical Innovations and Contanda, the sale of a majority stake in Direct ChassisLink and multiple acquisitions by its portfolio companies
  • Apax in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of Bazooka Brands, Ole Smoky Distillery, Eating Recovery Center, Cadence Education, Syneron Candela and Garda World Security Corporation and Ole Smoky Distillery's acquisition of Tanteo Spirits
  • Patricia Industries and its portfolio companies in multiple acquisitions, including Patricia’s acquisition of Advanced Instruments and Advanced Instruments’ subsequent acquisitions of Artel and Solentim, Sarnova’s acquisitions of Allied 100, Digitech and R1 EMS business and Laborie’s acquisitions of GI Supply, Pelvalon and Urotronic
  • KKR in a number of transactions, including its acquisition of Envision Healthcare for $9.9 billion, Internet Brands’ acquisition of WebMD for $2.8 billion and First Data in its $3.5 billion private placement
  • First Reserve in various transactions, including the acquisitions of Goldfield, Dresser Natural Gas Solutions, CHA Consulting, Eagle Infrastructure and the integrity maintenance platform of EMS USA, Inc., its recapitalization of IRISNDT Inspection & Engineering Services and its sale of CHA Consulting
  • ITC Holdings in its sale to Fortis Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $11.3 billion
  • The ADT Corporation in its sale to an affiliate of Apollo Global Management in a transaction valued at $15 billion
Education
  • Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, 2008 M.B.A.
    Lanier Merit Scholar; Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
  • Vanderbilt University Law School, 2008 J.D.
  • Dartmouth College, 2002 A.B.
Associations
  • New York State Bar Association
Admissions
  • New York 2009

A Corporate Partner in the Firm’s New York office, Mike advises clients in public and private mergers and acquisition and other corporate transactions. He regularly represents private equity firms and corporations in a wide range of transactions.

Selected transactions on which Mike has worked include:

  • EQT and their partners in a number of consortium deals, including EQT Active Core Infrastructure and PSP Investments in their acquisition of Radius Global Infrastructure, EQT and Goldman Sachs in their $8.5 billion acquisition of Parexel and EQT and CPPIB in their acquisition of a majority equity stake in Waystar in a transaction valued at $2.7 billion
  • EQT in multiple transactions, including its acquisitions of Zeus, Heritage Environmental Services, Madison Energy Investments, Cypress Creek, First Student and First Transit, Waystar, Storable, Kodiak Gas Services, Cast & Crew, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Press Ganey, its investments in Cirba, SNFL, IFG and 3Shape, its sales of First Transit, Press Ganey, Clinical Innovations and Contanda, the sale of a majority stake in Direct ChassisLink and multiple acquisitions by its portfolio companies
  • Apax in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of Bazooka Brands, Ole Smoky Distillery, Eating Recovery Center, Cadence Education, Syneron Candela and Garda World Security Corporation and Ole Smoky Distillery's acquisition of Tanteo Spirits
  • Patricia Industries and its portfolio companies in multiple acquisitions, including Patricia’s acquisition of Advanced Instruments and Advanced Instruments’ subsequent acquisitions of Artel and Solentim, Sarnova’s acquisitions of Allied 100, Digitech and R1 EMS business and Laborie’s acquisitions of GI Supply, Pelvalon and Urotronic
  • KKR in its acquisition of Envision Healthcare for $9.9 billion
  • First Reserve in various transactions, including the acquisitions of Goldfield, Dresser Natural Gas Solutions, CHA Consulting, Eagle Infrastructure and the integrity maintenance platform of EMS USA, Inc., its recapitalization of IRISNDT Inspection & Engineering Services and its sale of CHA Consulting
  • Gerdau in connection with its sale of certain rebar production, fabrication and placing operation in the U.S. to Commercial Metals Company for $600 million
  • CDPQ as part of a consortium to acquire ownership stakes in AlixPartners from CVC Capital Partners in a transaction valued at more than $2.5 billion
  • Yageo in its acquisition of KEMET Corporation for $1.8 billion
  • ITC Holdings in its sale to Fortis Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $11.3 billion
  • The ADT Corporation in its sale to an affiliate of Apollo Global Management in a transaction valued at $15 billion
  • First Data in the $3.5 billion private placement of its common equity to investors
  • Dollar General’s proposal to acquire Family Dollar for $9.7 billion

Mike received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School and his M.B.A. from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management in 2008. He received his A.B. in 2002 from Dartmouth College. He is admitted to practice in New York.

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