Michael Senders
Lawyers
Advises U.S. and international clients on a broad range of public and private company M&A, sports transactions, private equity transactions and joint ventures.
Michael is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions group. He advises U.S. and international clients, including private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, on a broad range of M&A transactions, including domestic and cross-border public and private company mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, investments and co-investments, carve-outs, joint ventures and other general corporate matters. His work spans a number of industries, including sports, consumer products and retail, fintech, financial services, media and telecom.
Experience
M&A Experience
- Sycamore Partners on its up to $23.7 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Novo Nordisk on its $11 billion acquisition of certain Catalent sites from Novo Holdings
- Morgan Stanley on its $13 billion acquisition of E*TRADE
- Josh Harris and partners on the $6.05 billion acquisition of the Washington Commanders, in the largest sale of a sports franchise to date
- Millicom’s independent committee on the $4.1 billion tender offer by Atlas Luxco and prior take-private offers by Apollo Global Management
- Verisk on its $3.1 billion sale of Wood Mackenzie and $950 million sale of 3E business
- Natura on its $2 billion acquisition of Avon Products and subsequent chapter 11 filing, DIP financing and stalking horse bid
- Sterling Equities on its $2.4 billion sale of the New York Mets to Steven A. Cohen, in what was the largest sale of a sports franchise to date
- Bank Leumi on the $1.2 billion sale of its U.S. operations to Valley National Bancorp
- Galaxy Digital on its $1.2 billion acquisition of BitGo, U.S. domestication and listing
- Ferrero Group on its acquisition of Wells Enterprises, a collection of ice cream brands
- Comcast on its 50/50 streaming platform joint venture with Charter Communications
- Baker Hughes on the sale of Nexus Controls to GE’s Gas Power business
- BlueVoyant on its acquisition of Conquest Cyber
- Cox Media Group on its sale of television stations in 12 markets to Imagicomm Communications
- Temenos on its $559 million acquisition of Kony
- S&P Global on its $550 million acquisition of Kensho
- Roivant Sciences and AgileThought on combinations with SPACs
- Private equity transactions for 26North, Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, Partners Group and Sycamore Partners
Sports Experience
- Josh Harris and partners on the $6.05 billion acquisition of the Washington Commanders
- Sterling Equities on its $2.4 billion sale of the New York Mets to Steven A. Cohen
- Comcast and NBCUniversal on their Chicago Regional Sports Network
- Harris Blitzer, parent of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils, on a minority investment from Arctos Sports Partners
- Confidential sale of a minority stake in an NFL franchise
- Confidential reorganization of a Premier League football club
- Confidential investments in an approximately 10% interest in an NBA franchise and a 10% interest in an MLB franchise
News
Education
J.D., Hofstra University, Maurice A. Deane School of Law
- summa cum laude
- Maurice A. Deane Award (First in Class)
B.B.A., Finance, CUNY Baruch College
- summa cum laude
Qualifications and admissions
- State of New York