Michael Santos is a partner in the San Francisco office of Morrison Foerster and a member of the firm’s Transactions Department. Michael is a member of the firm’s Social Enterprise and Impact Investing Group.

Michael counsels startup to late-stage private companies, venture capital and private equity investors, as well as family offices, private foundations and public charities in a broad range of transactional matters including early-stage and late-stage equity and debt financings, mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, joint ventures and hybrid or “tandem” structuring arrangements between non-profit and for-profit entities.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Michael was an associate at another international law firm, where he counseled clients on mergers and acquisitions and all aspects of corporate governance.

Michael also serves as the president of The Futures Project, a private foundation that focuses on promoting education, youth development and juvenile justice in the Bay Area and Boston.