Michael Kendall, a partner in the firm’s Private Equity and Technology Companies Groups, focuses his corporate finance and securities practice on private equity and venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, public securities offerings and representing emerging growth companies.

Work for Clients

Mr. Kendall represents leading private equity and venture capital firms in early and later stage investments, leveraged recapitalizations and buyouts. He also has substantial experience representing issuers and underwriters in initial and follow-on public offerings, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and advising public companies on SEC reporting and other general corporate matters. Mr. Kendall advises a variety of companies in industries including software and other information technology, telecommunications, information services, biotechnology, healthcare, financial services and retail.

Professional Activities

Mr. Kendall lectures frequently on corporate finance and securities law, and teaches a course on private equity and venture capital transactions at Boston University School of Law. He is a member of the working group of the American Bar Association Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions that produces the Private Target Mergers & Acquisitions Deal Points Study, a widely-cited resource on current M&A deal terms. Mr. Kendall also is a member of the National Venture Capital Association Model Document working group that produced the NVCA’s industry-standard venture capital transaction documents. He is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business , The Best Lawyers in America, Boston’s Best Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Massachusetts “Super Lawyer.”

Publications/Presentations

Mr. Kendall has published a variety of articles on private equity, venture capital and M&A topics, including:

• “Change Capital Program to Protect Private Money,” American Banker (November 2008)
• “New Lessons to Avoid Disputes Post-Closing,” Buyouts (October 2008)
• “Scraping By,” Mergers & Acquisitions – The Dealmaker’s Journal (July 2008)
• “Levy Decision Clarifies Responsibility for Indemnification Obligations,” VCExperts.com (2008)
• “WatchMark Ruling Clarifies Pay-to-Play,” Venture Capital Journal (March 2005)
• “Keeping the Money Safe,” Venture Capital Journal (March 2004)
• “The Benchmark Case and the Limits of Preferred Stock Protections,” Venture Capital Journal (November 2002).

Bar and Court Admissions

Mr. Kendall is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and before the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts.

Education

J.D., Boston University School of Law, 1993 (magna cum laude)
M.B.A., Boston University Graduate School of Management, 1994
B.A., Tufts University, 1990