Michael D. Allen

Michael D. Allen counsels corporations, officers, directors, board committees and stockholders in connection with a wide variety of transactional and advisory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, proxy contests, stockholder meetings and corporate governance issues. A director in the firm's Corporate Department and a member of the department's Corporate Advisory Group, Mike's practice also involves rendering legal opinions on Delaware corporate law issues.

Mike is a frequent speaker regarding Delaware law practice and developments.

Representative Experience

• Representation of a special committee of a public technology company in connection with its acquisition by merger for approximately $300 million
• Representation of a public telecommunications company in connection with its acquisition by merger for approximately $850 million
• Representation of a public technology company as Delaware counsel in connection with its approximately $3 billion acquisition of a public information technology service provider
• Representation of a public biopharmaceutical company as Delaware counsel in connection with its sale by merger for approximately $1 billion
• Representation of a large, privately held hospitality company as Delaware counsel in connection with various matters relating to its initial public offering which raised proceeds of slightly less than $1 billion
• Representation of a public semiconductor manufacturer as Delaware counsel in connection with its response to an unsolicited acquisition offer and proxy contest
• Representation of a self-regulatory organization in various matters, including its demutualization transaction to change its organizational structure from a membership corporation to a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company organized as a stock corporation and the subsequent initial public offering of such holding company
• Representation of a special committee of a public sporting goods company in connection with a recapitalization proposal from its controlling stockholder
• Representation of a special committee of a private health-care company in connection with its sale by merger for approximately $400 million
• Representation of a public automotive parts supplier as Delaware counsel in connection with its proposed acquisition by merger for approximately $2.8 billion

Professional and Community Activities

• Member, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association, Corporate Law Section

Professional Recognition

• AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Pro Bono Activities

• Mentor, Bancroft Elementary School, 2008 - present