Michelle Xiao Han
Michelle advises strategic acquirors, private equity sponsors, venture-backed companies, and closely held and family-owned businesses in all aspects of M&A transactions, including strategic mergers, divestitures, carve-outs, leveraged buyouts, majority and minority investments, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and other complex strategic transactions.
Michelle Han practice also includes advising on corporate governance matters, portfolio company operational matters, and commercial arrangements.
Michelle represents national and multinational clients in a variety of industries, with a focus on software, technology, life sciences, business and financial services, consumer, and manufacturing.
Prior to her legal career, Michelle advised institutional clients while at BlackRock and Morgan Stanley in New York and Hong Kong.
Areas of focus
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, J.D., Journal of Business Law, 2014
- Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Certificate, Business Economics and Public Policy, 2014
- Mount Holyoke College, B.A., Economics and Mathematics, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2010
Bar and Court Admissions
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Washington
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New York
Related Employment
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Associate
- BlackRock, New York, NY, Analyst
- Morgan Stanley, Hong Kong, Analyst
Additional Languages
- Chinese - Mandarin
Professional Recognition
Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024-2025
Impact
Professional Leadership
- American Bar Association, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee
Insights
News
Professional Experience
Strategic M&A
- Microsoft in the acquisitions of The Marsden Group and Suplari, Inc.
- Avalara in the acquisition of Business Licenses.
- CAI International, Inc. in the sale to Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc.
- Les Schwab Tire Centers in the sale to Meritage Group.
- Global Harvest Foods in its recapitalization transaction.
- Chatitive, a two-way SMS marketing platform, in the sale to Mailchimp.
- Banzai in the acquisition of High Attendance, a cloud-based event management platform.
- Stabilitas, an AI-driven intelligence company, in the sale to OnSolve.
- JASK Labs, Inc., a cybersecurity company, in the sale to Sumo Logic.
- Xilinx in the acquisition of Auviz Systems, a SaaS payments company.*
- Novartis in the acquisition of Admune Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company.*
- Pfizer in the sale of cognitive impairment treatment assets to Biogen.*
- Cott Corporation in the sale of soft drink concentrate business to Refresco.*
- Excel Orthopedic Rehabilitation P.A. in the sale of majority interest by a group led by Caymus Equity Partners.*
- The Special Committee of Baltic Trading Limited in its merger with parent company Genco Shipping & Trading Limited in a stock-for-stock transaction.*
* Prior experience
Private Equity M&A
- Endeavour Capital in the partnership with Point B, an employee-owned global consulting firm.
- Rainier Partners in the acquisitions of Calpine Containers, JS Ag Packaging and Performance Tools.
- Bertram Capital in the sale of Registrar Corp. to Paine Schwartz Partners.
- Rubicon Technology Partners and Cin7 in the acquisition of Orderhive, a SaaS shipping and inventory management solution company.
- Onex and Carestream Health in the carve-out sale of Carestream digital dental business to funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and CareCapital Advisors Limited.*
- Onex in the acquisition of Schumacher Group and add-on acquisitions of Hospital Physician Partners and ECI Healthcare Partners.*
- Milestone Partners and PeakEquity Partners in the sale of interest in EnterpriseDB to Great Hill Partners.*
- American Securities in the acquisition of Milk Specialties Global, human and animal nutrition company.*
- American Securities in its sale of FiberMark Inc, a specialty coating and finishing company.*
- EQT Partners in the acquisition of Dorner, a global provider of high precision conveyor solutions in the automation industry.*
* Prior experience