Michael Connolly

Michael Connolly is a former Co-Chair of Morrison Cohen’s Corporate Department. Mr Connolly has more than 30 years of experience in transactional corporate matters, corporate governance, and insurance regulatory and securities law. He regularly advises corporate clients on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities, insurance, antitrust, banking, executive compensation, and general corporate matters. <br><br>Mr Connolly is a Firm Delegate and former Chair of Mackrell International, a network of 90 independent law firms in 60 countries worldwide. <br><br>Mr Connolly has represented public and private companies involved in domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganisations, and general corporate matters; committees, boards of directors, and independent directors in relation to corporate governance and fiduciary duty matters; surplus lines and admitted insurers in relation to corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters; issuers, underwriters, and placement agents in a broad range of corporate financing transactions, including private placements and public offerings, proxies, foreign exempt offerings, and securitisations; issuers regarding compliance with federal securities, investment company, and investment advisory regulatory and compliance issues, including under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; lenders and borrowers in bank financing and other lending transactions, including secured and unsecured commercial loan and subordinated loan transactions and bridge financings; and senior executives and highly-compensated financial professionals on executive compensation matters. Mr Connolly also manages antitrust compliance including preparation and filing of pre-merger notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. <br><br>Mr Connolly is a Member of the International Law Section, New York State Bar Association; a Member of the Business Law Section, International Law Section and Antitrust Law Section, American Bar Association; and a Board Member, and Member of the Executive and Audit Committees, of the Board of Trustees of The Athenian School, Danville, California.<br>