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
Insurance Regulators Fine Tuning Cybersecurity Guidance
October 25, 2016 | Blog | By Julia Siripurapu, Michael Katz
Summer Round-Up: Four States Bolster Data Breach Notification Laws and More Changes on the Way
September 2, 2016 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose
Eddie Bauer Latest Victim of POS Malware Attack
August 23, 2016 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose
Let's talk about Networks of Things, baby. Let's talk about you and me.
August 9, 2016 | Blog | By Julia Siripurapu, Michael Katz
EU Adopts Cybersecurity Directive: What US Companies Need to Know
July 11, 2016 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Cynthia Larose
Illinois Joins the Fray: Strengthens its Laws Around Data Breach Notification and Data Security
June 14, 2016 | Blog | By Michael Katz, Julia Siripurapu, Cynthia Larose
Innocents Abroad: Privacy Considerations for Employers
May 24, 2016 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, 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.