About
Justin Michael focuses his practice on capital markets and equity derivatives transactions. He advises issuers, underwriters and other market participants on a broad range of financing and structured products matters, including convertible and exchangeable note offerings, equity-linked securities, preferred equity financings and derivative transactions. Justin also has extensive experience advising on share repurchase and share forward programs, total return swaps, tax-structured products and ISDA documentation.
Additional Information
- A biotechnology company in connection with a $345 million convertible senior notes offering and related capped call transactions*
- A gold development company in connection with a $300 million convertible senior notes offering and related capped call transactions*
- Representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a $150 million convertible senior notes offering by an energy storage company as well as counterparties to related capped call transactions*
- The financial advisor in connection with an exchange offer and consent solicitation by a biopharmaceutical company*
- A mineral exploration and development company in connection with a $300 million convertible senior notes offering and related capped call transactions*
- Representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a $1.15 billion convertible senior notes offering by a data center developer*
- A data center infrastructure company in connection with a $1.025 billion convertible senior notes offering*
- A car rental company with capped call transactions entered into in connection with a $425 million exchangeable senior notes offering*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $410 million convertible senior subordinate notes offering by a healthcare technology company*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $460 million convertible senior notes offering by a technology company*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $900 million convertible senior notes offering by a cybersecurity company*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $230 million convertible senior notes offering by a technology company*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $950 million convertible notes offering by a digital asset technology company*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $750 million convertible senior notes offering by a digital asset technology company*
- Representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a $250 million convertible senior notes offering by an on-demand industrial parts marketplace*
- Representatives of the underwriters in connection with a $584 million convertible preferred stock offering by a bitcoin treasury company*
- Representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a $2 billion convertible notes offering; a $3 billion convertible notes offering; a $1.01 billion convertible notes offering; and a $800 million convertible notes offering by a bitcoin treasury company*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $1 billion convertible notes offering by an American observability service for cloud-scale applications*
- The placement agent in connection with a $330 million convertible senior notes offering by a healthcare company specializing in Medicare Advantage plans*
- Counterparties to capped call transactions in connection with a $2.3 billion convertible notes offering by a cloud-based data storage company*
- A bio-pharmaceutical company with a $316.25 million convertible notes offering*
*Representative matters handled prior to joining Freshfields

Justin Michael
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