Michael Gilson
Lawyers
Advises U.S. and international corporate and private equity clients on a full range of public and private transactions, both domestic and cross-border.
Michael advises U.S. and international corporate and private equity clients on a full range of public and private transactions, both domestic and cross-border. His experience includes mergers, acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, collaborations, spinoffs, restructurings, special committee representations, and defensive and corporate governance advice.
Experience highlights
Recent Representations
- Sitio Royalties $4.8 billion all-stock merger with Brigham Minerals
- Roper Technologies $3.725 billion acquisition of Frontline Education
- Numerix acquisition by GenStar Capital
- RedBird Capital Partners acquisition of AC Milan from Elliott Advisors
- Evergreen- and Brookfield-led consortium $16 billion acquisition of Nielsen
- TPG $1 billion IPO
- Olam Food Ingredients $950 million acquisition of Olde Thompson
- Reckitt Benckiser Group acquisition of Biofreeze
- Cerberus Capital Management investment in Comscore
- BRP Group acquisition of Burnham Benefits Insurance Services
- Sycamore Partners acquisition of certain brands from Ascena Retail Group
- Dufry $311 million going-private acquisition of Hudson
- Clarivate $6.8 billion combination with CPA Global
- Big Lots settlement with Macellum Advisors and Ancora Advisors
- GAIN Capital acquisition by INTL FCStone
- Davis Polk Advises Services Group of America on the Sale of Its Food Group of Companies to US Foods
Education
LL.M., McGill University
B.A., Law, University of Cambridge
Professional history
- Partner, 2022-present
- London office, 2014-2016
- Davis Polk since 2014
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales
- State of New York