Michael E. Slipsky

3600 Glenwood Avenue

Raleigh, NC 27612

Direct: (919) 783.2851

Fax: (919) 783.1075

mslipsky@poynerspruill.com

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Areas of Practice

Corporate Law

Education  

J.D., University of North Carolina (with honors), 2004

  • Order of the Coif
  • Comments Editor, North Carolina Law Review

B.S., University of Utah (Cum Laude), 2001

  • Phi Kappa Phi

Profile

Represented seller in a $110 million strategic acquisition of a consumer electronics company

Represented seller in a $21 million asset sale of a sporting goods manufacturer

Represented seller in a $5.8 million asset sale of an industrial machinery and equipment wholesaler

Represented seller in a $29.6 million strategic acquisition of a medical practice

Represented a multi-national corporation in a $750 million private placement and exchange offer of corporate debt

Represented borrower in a $8.25 million mezzanine debt financing transaction of a global footwear supplier

Represented a venture capital fund as purchaser in a series of emerging technology-related strategic investments totaling in excess of $20 million

Represented a biopharmaceutical company as purchaser in a $160 million strategic acquisition

Review, draft and negotiate various agreements, including, among others, consulting agreements, fractional ownership agreements for corporate aircraft, limited liability company operating agreements, shareholder agreements and stock and asset purchase agreements

Publications

Recent Development, Flagging Accommodated Testing on the LSAT and MCAT: Necessary Protections of the Academic Standards of the Legal and Medical Communities, 82 N.C.L. Rev. 811 (2004)

Corporate Board "Best Practices" Post Disney, Atlantic In-House Monthly, October 2005

"Preparing a Small to Mid-Cap Company for Sale"

Professional/Community Activities

North Carolina Bar Association

  • Co-chair, “Participate” Working Group of the 4All Task Force

Wake County Bar Association

American Bar Association

Prior Legal Experience

Associate, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, 2004-2005

Licensed

North Carolina

Pennsylvania