Practice Expertise

  • Corporate and Securities
  • Emerging Growth Companies
  • Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint ...
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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate and Securities
  • Emerging Growth Companies
  • Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint ...
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Companies
  • Private Equity
  • Public Companies
  • Securities Regulation and Corporate ...
  • Venture Capital
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Profile

Michael Thomason is the chair of Bradley’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Michael advises public and privately held clients, from emerging growth companies to large corporations, in the areas of business formation, mergers and acquisitions, investment and financing transactions, securities compliance, joint ventures and a variety of other transactions and corporate matters.

Michael counsels clients on a broad range of issues affecting their businesses and portfolios, and his clients engage in many businesses and industries, including construction, manufacturing, banking and financial services, healthcare and healthcare technology, retail, media and entertainment, professional services, real estate and development and transportation, among other industries.

He has significant experience in private equity and venture capital transactions, representing both private equity companies and other investors in their investments and acquisitions, as well as emerging growth companies in their formation, capital raises and sale.

Michael graduated Order of the Coif from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he served as managing editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Prior to law school, Michael graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Auburn University.

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama, 2010

Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2010, Order of the Coif; Vanderbilt Law Review, Managing Editor; Honor Scholar; Vanderbilt Scholastic Excellence Award; Alabama Law Foundation, Cabaniss, Johnston Scholar; Best Brief Award
  • Auburn University, B.S., 2007, summa cum laude; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Alpha Psi;

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate and Securities
  • Emerging Growth Companies
  • Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Private Companies
  • Private Equity
  • Public Companies
  • Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
  • Venture Capital

Blogs

It Pays to Be Covered

Bradley's It Pays to Be Covered Blog discusses insurance law developments and industry trends in property and casualty insurance, including the growing cyber insurance market, coverage for drones, and blockchain exposures. We also address practical risk management strategies of interest to risk managers, legal staff, and corporate officers and directors responsible for property and casualty insurance policy portfolios, claims management, and resolution. Our attorneys provide insights based on...

Patent 213

Patent law, like most things in life, is subject to change. Changes to patent laws not only impact investment in your existing IP, but directly shape strategies to protect your freedom to operate. The Patent 213 blog provides up-to-date, insightful analysis of the evolution in the written description and enablement requirements of 35 USC 112 and the subject matter eligibility requirements of 35 USC 101. The Patent 213 blog analyzes key decisions from the district courts and the Federal Circuit,...

The Law of Order

Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as nonprofits, political parties, homeowners associations, unions, churches, trade associations), and leadership of any type of organizational meeting. In an effort to make all things parliamentary more...

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