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Michael J. Denny

Partner
Charlotte
+1.704.331.7488
Fax +1..704.353.3188

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law, 2002, (cum laude; Indiana Law Journal, Managing Editor)
  • B.S., Clemson University, 1992, Accounting

Admissions

  • Bar of North Carolina
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work

Mr. Denny is a partner in our Charlotte office. His practice focuses on public company representation, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, takeover defense planning and general corporate and securities matters. 

Mr. Denny serves as regular outside corporate and securities counsel for several public companies. 

Mr. Denny is a member of the American Bar Association’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities and was recently selected as a Rising Star by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine. 

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Denny practiced as a certified public accountant in Atlanta, Georgia.

Achievements

  • Recognized as a 2011 North Carolina Rising Star by North Carolina Super Lawyers magazine (2011).

Professional/Civic Activities

  • American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee, Corporate Governance Committee)
  • North Carolina Bar Association (Business Law Section, Committee Member for Comparative Study of the Corporate and LLC Laws of North Carolina and Delaware)

Speaking Engagements

  • High Yield Debt Offerings, CLE presentation with Sean Jones (2005)
  • ISS Proxy Voting Guidelines: 2005 Updates for Equity Plans and Executive Compensation, CLE presentation to the Carolinas Chapter of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (2005)
Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Represented a public snack food company in its $1.4 billion merger of equals with a private snack food company.
  • Represented a public professional staffing company in its $431 million sale to another public staffing company.
  • Represented a public snack food company in its purchase of a competing snack food company through a bankruptcy court directed auction.  
  • Represented the leading online lending exchange in its $734 million sale to another public company.
  • Represented various private equity firms in purchases and sales of portfolio companies. 
Securities Offerings
  • Represented a public beverage company in various investment grade debt offerings, including $150 million, $110 million and $100 million senior note offerings. 
  • Represented issuers and dealer-managers in tender offer and consent solicitation transactions, including a $111 million fixed spread tender offer involving a leading retailer of audio and video products, and a $150 million tender offer involving a cable television and radio broadcasting company.
  • Represented an investment bank as initial purchaser in a $150 million high yield debt offering by a cable television and radio broadcasting company.
  • Represented a public beverage company in a $165 million debt exchange offer.  
  • Represented a public rapid prototyping and manufacturing technology company in a $20 million PIPE transaction.  
General Corporate and Securities
  • Regularly advises public companies regarding corporate governance matters, including the implementation of shareholder rights plans (i.e., “poison pills”) and other takeover defense measures, fiduciary duties, director independence standards, director nomination processes, executive compensation, conduct of annual shareholders meetings, corporate governance and whistleblower policies and related party transactions.
  • Regularly advises public companies regarding general securities law matters, including compliance with stock exchange listing standards and Regulation FD, and the preparation and filing of registration statements and prospectuses, proxy statements, periodic and current reports, earnings releases and beneficial ownership reports.
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