Michael Santos
Michael Santos is a corporate partner in the Transactions Department. His practice focuses on representing a broad range of investors, including institutional investors, private foundations, and public charities in deploying capital in early-stage and late-stage financings, mergers, acquisitions, asset purchases and sales.
Michael also advises companies on structuring for impact, including through the use of benefit corporations, perpetual purpose trusts, hybrid or “tandem” arrangements between nonprofit and for-profit entities, and other alternative ownership structures.
Experience
1st Street Foundation’s Spinout of Risk Factor
1st Street Foundation, a nonprofit public charity, in the spinout of its subsidiary, Risk Factor LLC, a provider of climate risk analytics.
Aliment Capital’s Multiple Investments
Aliment Capital, a growth capital investment fund focused on food and agtech in various portfolio company investments.
Athletes Unlimited’s Strategic Investment from Major League Baseball in AUSL
Athletes Unlimited on a strategic investment from Major League Baseball in Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL).
Emerson Collective’s Multiple Investments
Emerson Collective, an early stage impact investment fund, in various portfolio company investments.
Mozilla Foundation
Mozilla Foundation, a public charity, with its corporate restructuring and related portfolio company investments.
Patagonia’s Corporate Restructuring
Patagonia with its corporate restructuring to transfer governance to a perpetual purpose trust.
The Steele Foundation for Hope’s Multiple Investments
The Steele Foundation for Hope, a charitable foundation focused on providing sustainable access to healthcare, water, food, and education, in multiple program related investments in portfolio companies.
Alpine Investors’ Multiple Acquisitions
Alpine Investors, a middle-market private equity firm, in multiple acquisitions for its platform companies, including Apex Service Partners, Orion Group Services and TEAM Services Group.
ATL Partners’ Multiple Acquisitions
ATL Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, in its acquisitions of SkyMark Companies and Rampmaster.
Bow River Capital's Acquisition of Topia
Bow River Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, in its acquisition of Topia, a global mobility management and remote work compliance platform.
Main Post Partners' Multiple Acquisitions
Main Post Partners, a middle-market private equity firm, in multiple acquisitions and investments, including Mishimoto and Flynn Restaurant Group.
Mountaingate Capital’s Acquisition of Rep Data
Mountaingate Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, in its investment in Rep Data, a leading provider of high-quality research data and fraud prevention solutions.