Earley, Michael P.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Michael Earley has a broad background in general corporate and securities law with a particular emphasis on fund formation, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and related matters. He represents private equity, venture, real estate, and other private investment funds in all aspects of their business, including formations, structuring, offerings, investments, acquisitions, financings, divestitures, and compliance matters. Michael also represents institutional investors, including university endowments and global sovereign investors, with respect to investments in private equity, venture, real estate, and other private investment funds. He has represented private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and other privately held companies in a wide array of transactions.

Clients Michael has advised include AquaBounty Technologies, Babcock & Brown, Capmark Financial Group, Evive Health, FleetPride, Kilmer Capital Partners, Meyer Bergman, Parallel Investment Partners, Resilience Capital Partners, Resolution Real Estate, The Riverside Company, RLJ Development, RockWood Equity Partners, and TriGate Capital.

Michael serves on the associate board of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund and is a member of The Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Buyouts
• Real Estate
• Fund Formation
• Capital Markets
• Energy
• Energy Finance
• Energy Transactions
• Energy/Utilities
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Funds

Representative Cases

• Aqua Bounty completes IPO of £74 million of Common Stock on AIM and Regulation S offering
• Atlas Energy completes $600 million private placement of Common and Class D Units and acquires DTE Gas & Oil , (2009)
• Atlas Pipeline completes $1.3 billion sale of Common units in PIPEs offering , (2009)
• Atlas Pipeline Partners acquires $1.85 billion Anadarko interests in Chaney Dell and Midkiff/Benedum Systems
• Babcock & Brown Direct Investment Fund forms $1 billion global fund , (2009)
• Capmark Financial Group forms Capmark UK Realty Partners
• Clearlight Cream sells Medicia Corporation , (2009)
• CTS issues $60 million of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes in a Rule 144A Offering
• E.ON U.S. Capital Corp. completes tender offer for $273.8 million of outstanding Medium Term Notes
• EMCORE issues $100 million of Common Stocks and Warrants in a PIPE private placement , (2009)
• Institutional investor restructures $300 million hotel fund , (2010)
• KeyBanc acts as placement agent in PIPE private placement of $14 million of Common Stock by Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. , (2009)
• KeyBanc acts as placement agent in PIPE private placement of $40 million of Common Stock by Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. , (2009)
• KeyBanc completes $30.3 million public offering of Common Stock by Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation , (2009)
• KeyBanc completes a PIPE private placement of common stock by BPI Industries Inc.
• KeyBanc completes a PIPE private placement of common stock by Westside Energy Corporation
• KeyBanc completes a PIPE private placement of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrants by Minrad International, Inc. , (2009)
• KeyBanc completes a public offering for $18.7 million of Common Stock by Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation , (2009)
• KeyBanc completes a public offering of $50 million of Common Stock by Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation
• Loewen Group issues $200 million of Senior Notes in a Rule 144A offering and purchases $320.8 million of High-Yield Notes in tender offer
• National real estate company completes a Rule 144A offering for $524 million of 12.60% Senior Subordinated Zero Coupon Bonds , (2009)
• National real estate company completes a Rule 144A offering for $758 million of 9.70% Senior Subordinated Zero Coupon Bonds , (2009)
• Northern States Power completes a public offering of $250 million of 5.25% First Mortgage Bonds
• Northern States Power completes a public offering of $350 million of 6.20% First Mortgage Bonds
• Northern States Power completes a public offering of $500 million of 5.25% First Mortgage Bonds , (2009)
• OGE Energy issues $100 million of 5.00% Senior Notes in public offering to finance the redemption of its Trust Originated Preferred Securities
• OGE Energy subsidiary, Enogex, issues $250 million of Senior Notes in a Rule 144A offering
• Oklahoma Gas and Electric completes public offering of $140 million of 6.50% Senior Notes
• Oppenheimer, KeyBanc and Maxim complete $37 million of Common Stock in public offering by Minrad International, Inc.
• Parallel portfolio company Moosejaw Mountaineering and Backcountry Travel completes additional recapitalization
• Public Service Company of Colorado completes public offering of $350 million of 6.25% First Mortgage Bonds
• Resolution forms Resolution Real Estate Fund III, L.P.
• Resolution obtains €80 million credit facility for acquisition of funds
• Riverside sells The Hudson-Sharp Machine Company to Thiele Technologies
• RLJ Development forms RLJ Lodging Fund II, L.P.
• RLJ Development forms RLJ Real Estate Fund III
• Xcel Energy completes $350 million exchange offer of Senior Notes for new Senior Notes , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Lending & Secured Transactions, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Real Estate Law, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Illinois

Education

• U of Notre Dame

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