Mike is a corporate attorney who focuses his practice on mergers & acquisitions, private equity transactions, and venture capital financings. He regularly assists clients with commercial contract negotiations, licensing agreements, and data privacy and security matters, and he also advises startup and emerging companies as they navigate the early stages of their businesses. Mike represents companies in the technology and health care sectors and a variety of other industries.
Mike rejoins Mintz after more than three years as an associate in the Upstate New York office of a global law firm, where he assisted with a broad range of transactions and financings, commercial agreements, and data privacy and security matters. Mike started his career as an Associate at Mintz and prior to that he was a Summer Associate and Project Analyst at the firm. He has also worked as a legal specialist at a management consulting company based in Boston.
During law school, Mike served as a legal intern with a leading telemedicine company and the now-retired Honorable Raymond J. Brassard of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. He also completed a fellowship with the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental & Related Disabilities program through the Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
viewpoints
March Fadness: Wearable Tech in the Workplace and Privacy
March 28, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz
It’s Not Too Early! ICO Guidance Regarding Consent Under GDPR
March 7, 2017 | Blog | By Michael Katz
It's March 1: The Cybersecurity Goal Post Has Been Moved
March 1, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Joanne Dynak, Michael Katz
#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: Nominees Discuss Future of Cybersecurity
January 19, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Joanne Dynak, Michael Katz
FTC Takes Action Against D-Link for Deceptive Practices Endangering the IoT
January 13, 2017 | Blog | By Joanne Dynak, Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose
#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: 2017 FTC and Google Complaint
January 4, 2017 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz, Joanne Dynak
#MLWashingtonCyberWatch: White House Releases Cybersecurity Report Aimed at New Administration
December 14, 2016 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz
House Energy & Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on Security of the Internet of Things
December 1, 2016 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Michael Katz
NIST Issues Internet of Things (IoT) Guidance
November 29, 2016 | Blog | By Michael Katz
The Cyber President? What To Expect From the Trump Administration On Cybersecurity And Privacy
November 17, 2016 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Christopher Harvie, Michael Katz
News & Press
Law360 published an article written by Privacy & Cybersecurity Chair Cynthia Larose, and Associates Michael Katz and Elana Lerner Brockman, which analyzes the Florida Digital Bill of Rights.
Mintz Advises Bio Client Asimov in $200M Fundraising
January 10, 2023
Mintz advised Asimov in a $200 million fundraising aimed at helping the synthetic biology company scale its tools and services business focused on biologics, cell and gene therapies, and RNA. Mintz Member and seasoned life sciences transactional attorney Joshua Fox led a team that included Associates Kaoru Suzuki and Michael Katz.