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Michael B. Katz

Associate

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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.

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Last week the clothing retailer Eddie Bauer LLC issued a press release to announce that its point of sale (“POS”) system at retail stores was compromised by malware for more than six months earlier this year. 
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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.

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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.

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