Weinberg, Michael

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mike Weinberg advises companies, private equity funds, and other investment organizations, focusing primarily on acquisition, sale, and investment transactions. He has extensive experience advising in distressed transactions, both within and outside the bankruptcy process, and with complex U.S. and international joint ventures. He also is the coordinator for all of the Firm's transactional practices in Dallas.

The private equity funds and investment organizations with which Mike has worked include Bay Harbour Management, Parallel Investment Partners, Patriarch Partners, The Riverside Company, SKM Growth Investors, and WL Ross & Co. Corporate clients have included Alderwoods Group, Arctic Glacier, ICANN, Micron Technology, Piper Jaffray, and Teleglobe.

Representative transactions include Micron Technology's formation of IM Flash Technologies, a $5.2 billion joint venture with Intel to manufacture NAND flash memory for consumer electronics removable data storage and handheld communication devices; Micron Technology's formation of MeiYa Technology, a $1.1 billion joint venture with Nanya Technology to manufacture stack DRAM products; WL Ross & Co.'s $435 million stalking horse bid for, and acquisition of, the loan servicing unit of bankrupt American Home Mortgage Investment Corp.; and Bay Harbour's $510 million bankruptcy buyout, by a joint venture with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, and Robert Earl, CEO and cofounder of Planet Hollywood International, of the assets of Aladdin Gaming. Mike has represented Patriarch Partners in numerous investment transactions, including Croscill, Best Textiles, and Stila Corporation, and Parallel Investment Partners in investments in Winnercomm, Skycam, Mealey's Furniture, and many others.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• M&A
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Alderwoods sells nonstrategic funeral home and cemetery assets
• Arctic Glacier acquires A.T. Reynolds and Sons, Inc.
• Arctic Glacier acquires Bismack Huron Ice
• Arctic Glacier acquires Brandywine Ice
• Arctic Glacier acquires California Ice for $190 million
• Arctic Glacier acquires Geske's Ice Co.
• Arctic Glacier acquires Ice Castles
• Arctic Glacier acquires International Ice
• Arctic Glacier acquires issued and outstanding capital stock of R&K Trucking
• Arctic Glacier acquires Knowlton Enterprises
• Arctic Glacier acquires Losquadro Ice Company
• Arctic Glacier acquires Michigan Pure Ice,
• Arctic Glacier acquires Northern Pure Ice Co
• Arctic Glacier acquires operations of Kar Ice , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier acquires R&T Enterprises, Inc. and R&T Partnership
• Arctic Glacier acquires Ron's
• Arctic Glacier acquires Southeastern Michigan Ice Services
• Arctic Glacier acquires Springdale Ice Company and Diamond Ice Cube Company
• Arctic Glacier acquires Stelley’s Pure Ice
• Arctic Glacier acquires Taylor Ice Service
• Arctic Glacier acquires Tropic Ice Partners
• Arctic Glacier acquires Union Ice
• Arctic Glacier acquires Winkler Lucas Ice and Fuel d.b.a. Mid-Michigan Ice Co
• Arctic Glacier acquires Wonderland Ice
• Arctic Glacier issues CAD$70.8 million of Units in a public offering in Canada and Rule 144A offering , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier obtains facility for acquisitions , (2009)
• Arctic Glacier restructures several U.S. subsidiaries in phase one of a multi-year restructuring effort
• Arctic Glacier restructures several U.S. subsidiaries in phase two of a multi-year restructuring effort
• Artic Glacier seeks advice on acquisition of Thomas Ice Cube
• Bay Harbour Management acquires Aladdin Gaming for $510 million
• Diamond Shamrock merges with Ultramar
• Exchange Industrial Income Fund acquires shares of Stainless Fabrication
• ICANN develops domain name registry system under direction of U.S. Dept. of Commerce
• LSI Logic develops strategic alliance with StorageTek
• Micron Technology enters into joint venture with Nanya Technology relating to Inotera Memories
• Micron Technology forms IM Flash Singapore, a joint venture with Intel Corporation in Singapore , (2009)
• Micron Technology forms IM Flash Technologies, a $5.2 billion joint venture with Intel Corporation , (2009)
• Micron Technology forms MeiYa Technology Corporation, a joint venture with Nanya Technology Corporation , (2009)
• Parallel acquires Mealey’s Furniture and Mattress , (2009)
• Parallel fund acquires controlling interest in TFO Holdings.
• Parallel fund acquires controlling interest in Winnercomm and Skycam
• Parallel Investment Partners sells JetStar , (2009)
• Parallel sells AIO Holdings
• Parallel sells Winnercomm , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners acquires assets of Croscill , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners acquires In2Games , (2009)
• Patriarch Partners enters into stalking horse bid to acquire assets of Noble
• Patriarch Partners portfolio company acquires Alamo Ambulance Service
• Patriarch Partners recapitalizes Dura Automotive , (2010)
• Piper Jaffray & Co. acts as financial advisor to Claim Jumper Restaurants in its $250 million acquisition by Leonard Green & Partners
• Piper Jaffray advises in Hard Rock Cafe and Casino business acquisition
• Piper Jaffray advises Real Mex Restaurants in sale
• Riverside acquires ITEL , (2009)
• SKM acquires Action Sports Media
• SKM acquires Rio Pumping Services and Jet-Star
• SKM acquires Schilling companies
• SKM invests in Teavana
• SKM invests in WG Energy Holdings
• SKM merges portfolio company with Computer Education Services
• SKM restructures All-In-One Products and USA Printing & Mailing
• SKM restructures Home Organizers
• SKM sells Hat World
• SKM sells WG Energy Holdings
• Teleglobe closes replacement DIP facility
• Teleglobe sells core voice and data business to Cerberus Capital Management and TenX Capital Partners
• VIP International Corp acquires Lexington Services
• Washington Post Co acquires H&C Communications
• WL Ross acquires loan servicing unit of American Home Mortgage , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

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