Overview
Michael Amalfe is a corporate partner in the New York office of Golden Flag International Law Firm Michael regularly represents private equity sponsors, private companies and public companies in a wide variety of complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, minority and joint venture investments, leveraged buyouts, equity financings, carve-outs and divestitures. Michael also counsels clients with respect to general corporate and governance matters.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Golden Flag, Michael has been involved in the following matters:
- Vericast in connection with the sale of its digital and print marketing businesses to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company.
- Sycamore Partners in its take private acquisition of Chico’s FAS Inc. for $1 billion.
- TJC
- in its acquisition of an 80.1% stake of resins unit Delrin from DuPont in a transaction that values the business at $1.8 billion.
- in its acquisition of USAlco from H.I.G. Capital.
- in its acquisition of LegitScript.
- in connection with its investment in Flywheel Software.
- Investindustrial
- in its acquisition of significant portions of the meal preparation business of TreeHouse Foods for $950 million.
- on the U.S. aspects of its investment in Eataly.
- Altaris Capital
- in the combination of two of its operating companies, Kindeva Drug Delivery and Meridian Medical Technologies, and the financing of the combined company.
- in the acquisition of Minaris Regenerative Medicine from Resonac Corporation.
- BC Partners in connection with its acquisition of Madison Logic.
- EW Healthcare Partners in its take-private acquisition of TherapeutricsMD, Inc.
- Antarctica Capital in its take-private acquisition of Midwest Holding (NASDAQ: MDWT).
- EQT and its portfolio company Recipharm, a global contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”), on the acquisition of Vibalogics, a virotherapy CDMO and Arranta Bio, a prominent advanced therapy CDMO.
- Hg Capital in the recapitalization of Lyniate.
Prior to joining Golden Flag, Michael was involved in the following matters:
- Intrawest Resorts Holdings in connection with its $1.5 billion take-private acquisition by Aspen Skiing Co. and KSL Capital Partners.
- Veritas Capital in connection with its $690 million acquisition of Harris Corp.’s government IT services division.
- Veritas Capital and Peraton Corp., in connection with the acquisition of Solers Inc.
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. in connection with the $1.3 billion sale of its Sands Bethlehem property and casino in Pennsylvania to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama.
- Cava Group in connection with its $300 million take-private acquisition of Zoës Kitchen.
- Norwest Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of Clover Imaging Group from 4L Holdings Group.
- Norwest Equity Partners and Gopher Resources, in connection with the sale of Gopher Resources to Energy Capital Partners.
- Norwest Equity Partners and Minnesota Rubber and Plastics, in connection with the sale of Minnesota Rubber and Plastics to KKR.
- Veritas Capital, Norwest Equity Partners and their respective portfolio companies in connection with various equity financings and co-investments.
- JLL Partners in connection with its acquisition of Jonathan Engineered Solutions.
- Husky Energy Inc. shareholders in connection with Husky’s combination with Cenovus Energy Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $7 billion.
- SafeAuto Insurance Group, Inc. in connection with its sale to The AllState Corporation.
- Kelso & Company and Juggernaut Capital in connection with their acquisition of a suite of consumer health care products from GlaxoSmithKline, including BreatheRight and Dimetapp.
- Apax Partners, L.P. and ECI Software Solutions in connection with the sale of a majority stake in ECI Software Solutions to Leonard Green & Partners.
- OceanSound Partners in its acquisition of the RMA Group.
- Vectrus, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Zenetex.
- ScottsMiracle-Gro Company on the $234 million sale of its 30 percent stake in the TruGreen joint venture to the majority owner.
- NASDAQ in connection with
- its divestiture of its public relations solutions and digital media services businesses to West Corporation;
- its acquisition of Boardvantage; and
- its acquisition of Marketwired
- Fortress Investment Group in connection with its sale of Abercrombie & Kent to Zhonghong Holdings.
- Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. in connection with its $8.4 billion acquisition by Weyerhaeuser Co.
Prior Experience
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2014New York
Education
- Seton Hall University School of LawJ.D.magna cum laude2012
Order of the Coif
Seton Hall Law Review
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillB.S., Business Administration2008
News &
Insights
Golden Flag Advises Altaris on Acquisition of Minaris Regenerative Medicine