Michael L. Andresino

Mike is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department, and leads its Securities Practice Group.  His diverse practice includes private equity fund formation and investing, mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, public company disclosure and compliance, executive compensation, stock plan design and administration, contracting and licensing, and representation of early stage companies.

Representative Transactions

• Advised numerous technology entrepreneurs in the formation, financing and operation of their early stage businesses.
• Represented Park Street Capital in the formation and investment of a series of “funds of funds” to invest over $2 billion in venture capital, buyout and other private equity funds.
• Represented The Holmes Group, a consumer appliance manufacturer, in the acquisition of The Rival Company by tender offer, including over $400 million of high-yield bonds and syndicated debt and equity financing.
• Assisted Revenue Solutions, Inc., an IT consulting firm, in submitting winning RFP bids and negotiating over $100 million of state and local government contracts nationwide.
• Represented the founder of Bertucci's restaurants in a proposed going-private merger and the eventual sale of the company to a hostile bidder.
• Advised the firm’s public company clients in all aspects of securities law compliance, including their dealings with investors, analysts, regulators, insiders and the media.

Memberships

National Association of Stock Plan Professionals – Founding Member
American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association

Newsworthy

Mike writes and speaks frequently on the topics of securities law compliance, executive compensation, the IPO process and venture capital financing.  Venues have included:

• Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
• E*Trade and Transcentive Annual User Conferences
• National Association of Stock Plan Professionals Annual Conferences
• CLE International Venture Capital Forum
• Boston Bar Association
• The SEC Institute 

Mike recently served on the drafting committee for the ABA Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities' comment letter to the SEC on the executive compensation rules under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act.

Mike was named Massachusetts Super Lawyer in 2004 and every year from 2006 - 2012.

News & Media

• Michael L. Andresino to Speak at 2013 NASPP Annual Conference
• What's The Boston Globe Worth?
• Advertising Your Private Placement
• Wall Street Reform and Executive Compensation: A Briefing on the Dodd-Frank Act
• Michael L. Andresino to Speak at NASPP Annual Conference
• Proposed Legislation: Hedge Fund Transparency Act of 2009
• SEC Introduces Electronic Filing of Form D
• Insider Trading: A New Epidemic?
• The SEC's New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules