Michael P. Heinz

Representative capital markets transactions include:

• IPOs of AAC Holdings (parent of American Addiction Centers) (underwriters’ counsel), American Commercial Lines (issuer’s counsel), Blue Bird Corporation (via reverse merger with SPAC), Bridgewater Bancshares (selling stockholder counsel), Century Communities (selling stockholder counsel), Daseke, Inc. (via reverse merger with SPAC), GigCapital3, Inc. (underwriters’ counsel), Houston Wire & Cable (underwriters’ counsel), NRC Group Holdings Corp. (via reverse merger with SPAC) and Thermon Group Holdings (issuer’s counsel);
• High-yield debt offerings by Apergy Corporation, Ardent Health Partners, Beacon Roofing Supply, Catamaran, CITGO, Commercial Metals, DaVita, Herc Holdings, OneMain/Springleaf Finance and Thermon Group Holdings;
• Investment grade debt and preferred equity offerings by Caterpillar, ConAgra Foods, eBay, Harley-Davidson Financial Services, IDEX, Prudential Financial, TD Ameritrade, Tyson Foods and Wintrust Financial; and
• Follow-on and secondary common stock offerings by Beacon Roofing Supply, Catamaran, Dean Foods, HealthStream, Heritage-Crystal Clean, Houston Wire & Cable, Thermon Group Holdings and Ulta Salon.

Mike has significant experience representing buyers and sellers in a wide range of industries in public and private mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including representing the Chicago Stock Exchange in its sale to Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and Catamaran Corporation in its $13 billion sale to UnitedHealth. 

In addition to his transactional work, Mike regularly advises publicly traded companies on a broad range of corporate and securities law matters, including SEC disclosure matters, Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, corporate governance best practices, fiduciary duties, stock exchange requirements and Rule 144 issues.

• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• National MS Society, Associate Board Member