MICHAEL HEINZ is a partner in Sidley’s Chicago office with over 15 years of experience representing companies in a broad range of capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. Mike regularly represents issuers, underwriters and investors in all types of public and private securities transactions, including high-yield and investment grade debt securities, initial public offerings (IPOs), secondary equity offerings, tender offers and exchange offers, PIPE transactions and transactions involving special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Mike has a broad-based corporate practice representing clients in a number of industries, including in the healthcare/life sciences, financial services, industrials and consumer products sectors, with an emphasis on public company representation.
The Legal 500 recognized Mike in its 2014 edition in the areas of capital markets debt and equity offerings. Mike was also named a “Rising Star” in Illinois in the 2013 through 2019 editions of Super Lawyers.