Michael Kaplan
Senior Counsel
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Biography
Michael Kaplan concentrates his practice on corporate, M&A and securities matters as well as providing outside general counsel services. Michael has more than 30 years of experience representing private equity firms and public and private companies across multiple industries, both as outside counsel and as in-house general counsel and a member of their executive leadership teams.
Through his roles as general counsel for several leading companies, Michael has developed a business savvy, solutions-oriented approach that clients appreciate and deep experience in the restaurant, consumer markets and aerospace/defense industries.
Professional experience
Collapse all- JD, Stanford School of Law, 1993
- AB, College of William & Mary, 1990
- Colorado State Bar
- Served as outside general counsel to public and private companies in the aerospace/defense, plastics manufacturing, government services and electronics manufacturing industries.
- Served as general counsel with restaurant, consumer market and aviation companies.
- Represented NYSE-listed national homebuilder in its US$4.9 billion sale to Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed Japanese company.
- Represented numerous issuers in public offerings, private placements and debt financings.
- Represented US printed circuit board manufacturer in its cross-border acquisition of a Hong Kong listed printed circuit board manufacturer in a transaction involving a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) as well as the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM).
- Represented a leading provider of airborne video and data recorders for military and aerospace applications in its sale to a public company.
- Represented US printed circuit board manufacturer in their acquisition of multiple printed circuit board manufacturing businesses in carve-out transactions.
- Represented PE fund in various private equity investments in the aerospace/defense, government services and transportation and logistics services industries.
- Represented PE fund in various private equity investments in the consumer products industry.
- 100 Most Influential Restaurant Executives, Nation’s Restaurant News, 2022
- “Innovaction” Award, College of Law Practice Management, 2020
- ACC Value Champion Award, Association of Corporate Counsel, 2016
- The Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2009-2010
- Chambers USA, Chambers and Partners, 2007-2009
- Board member, National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Law Center, 2021 – 2022