Michael Weinsier
Pryor Cashman
Partner
Michael Weinsier is co-chair of Pryor Cashman’s Mergers + Acquisitions (M+A) and Private Equity Practices, and is a member of the Corporate Group and the Investment Management Practice.
With more than 35 years of experience, Michael advises public and private companies, strategic buyers and sellers, private equity, venture capital and other investment funds, family offices, and other financial sponsors, including their portfolio companies, in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, and other complex transactions.
His work spans a wide range of industry sectors, including media and entertainment, asset management, life sciences and healthcare, brand management, financial services, consumer products, professional sports, technology, and commodities.
He also regularly counsels emerging companies and institutional investors in the full lifecycle of venture and growth equity financings, spanning from angel to late-stage investments, PIPEs, and exits via sales to strategic buyers, IPOs, reverse-mergers, and de-SPACs. Over the past several years alone, he has represented clients in more than 50 venture and growth equity financings, and related portfolio company transactions, totaling more than $5 billion in value.
Michael is consistently recognized among the top M&A lawyers by The Legal 500 and Super Lawyers.