Mike Chitwood is a corporate attorney with a practice focused on public and private acquisitions and divestitures, cross-border transactions, private equity transactions, and corporate and securities law matters. He has represented acquirers and targets in a number of U.S. and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, re-domiciliation transactions, joint ventures and leveraged buyouts.
Professor Chitwood also regularly advises clients with respect to corporate governance and compliance matters, SEC reporting obligations, takeover preparedness and general corporate matters. He has represented a diverse range of clients in a broad range of industries, including WeWork Inc. in its $9 billion business combination with BowX Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company; GS Acquisition Holdings Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $5.3 billion initial business combination with Vertiv Holdings, a leading provider of critical diligence infrastructure and continuity solutions; Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its pending $1.1 billion initial business combination with BlackSky Holdings, Inc., a leading geospatial intelligence company; GX Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its pending $1.25 billion initial business combination with Celularity Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company; Viagogo Entertainment in its pending $4 billion acquisition of StubHub from eBay; and Becton, Dickinson & Company in its $24 billion acquisition of C.R. Bard, Inc.; its $12.2 billion acquisition of CareFusion Corp. (for which he was named Dealmaker of the Week by The American Lawyer); and the separation of its global respiratory business into a new joint venture with Apax Partners.
Professor Chitwood was a law clerk for Judge Herbert J. Hutton on the U.S. District Court for the Easter District of Pennsylvania before entering private practice.
J.D. Georgetown University Law Center
B.A. Vanderbilt University
