Biography
Michael F. Meskill’s practice focuses on securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, and general corporate law. Michael represents buyers and sellers in public and private M&A transactions, issuers, underwriters, and investors in public and private debt and equity offerings, and companies and special board committees in corporate governance matters.
Michael is a certified public accountant in the State of Texas. He was an auditor in the audit department of KPMG LLP from 1989 to 1993, where he was the “in-charge” auditor on numerous public and private company audit engagements.
Education
B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin
J.D., cum laude, SMU Dedman School of Law
- Articles Editor, The International Lawyer
Bar Admissions
Texas, 1996
- Served as counsel to a Texas-based bank holding company in connection with its initial public offering for gross proceeds of approximately $48 million, before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
- Represented a public healthcare services company in acquiring its largest competitor, a public healthcare services company, as part of its expansion effort
- Represented a public healthcare and manufacturing company in multiple acquisitions of public and private urology services companies
- Represented a public company in the sale of its specialty vehicle manufacturing division
- Represented a public healthcare and manufacturing company in the sale of one of its healthcare services divisions
- Represented a software development and outsourcing services company in an initial public offering and a follow-on public offering and in multiple acquisitions of software development companies
- Represented investment funds in their preferred return investments in high technology companies (multiple investments ranging up to $40 million per investment)
- Represented a nanotechnology company in a strategic joint venture transaction with a public chemicals company designed to monetize significant intellectual property assets
- Represented a public healthcare and manufacturing company in its acquisitions of publicly-traded competitors
- Represented a public bank holding company in a going-private transaction
- Represented a public bank holding company in multiple public exchange offerings to acquire banks
- Represented a public financial services company in multiple acquisitions of consumer finance companies
- Represented an investor in its acquisition of a significant stake in a public company and a related publicly-traded master limited partnership
- Represented an underwriter in the public stock offering of a defense contractor
- Represented a public energy company in its public spin-off of its exploration and production operations
- Represented Native American tribal gaming corporations in Rule 144A bond offerings to raise proceeds to build hotels and casinos
- Represented various public and private companies in their capacity as borrowers under credit facilities
- Represented special committees of boards of directors of high-tech companies in their consideration of private equity offerings
- Advised a public company on its response to dissident shareholders seeking board declassification, majority vote for director elections, and termination of poison pill
Publications
- “Public Benefit Corporations Have Arrived in Texas,” September 27, 2017
- “Texas Adopts Intrastate M&A Dealer Exemption,” March 4, 2015
- “SEC Issues No-Action Letter Regarding Treatment of Certain Unregistered M&A Broker-Dealers,” April 29, 2014
- “Gearing up for 2012 Annual Reporting Season: Has Your Public Company Board Addressed Cybersecurity Risk?,” January 23, 2012
- “SEC Adopts New Net Worth Standard for Accredited Investors,” January 9, 2012
Speeches
- “Top 10 Legal Mistakes of Startup Entrepreneurs,” Ignite Startup Workshop, Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin, April 5, 2017
- “Navigating the IPO Process from a Legal Perspective,” KPMG IPO Bootcamp, Dallas, Texas, September 10, 2014
- Panelist, “Beyond Video Game Development and Business: Legal Issues Every Startup Should Know,” Captivate Conference for Digital Entertainment, Austin, Texas, October 26, 2014
- “SEC Update — Dodd Frank Act,” Dallas CPA Society Education Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 26, 2011
- State Bar of Texas
- Four Points Basketball Association
- Secretary
- Director
- Open Door Preschools
- Former Treasurer
- Former Director
- St. Theresa Catholic Church
- Former Member, Finance Council