Primary Job Title Partner Primary Organization 
Ropes & Gray
Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
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Michael R. Littenberg is a partner in the securities and public companies practice group. Michael has more than 25 years of experience representing U.S. and foreign public and private companies, investment banks, private equity funds and other private investment funds in transactional matters, including securities offerings and mergers and
acquisitions. His clients range from large well-known institutions to younger, growing companies and his experience spans every major industry.
Michael’s transactional capital markets experience covers a wide range of products, including equity and equity-linked securities, investment grade and non-investment grade debt and SPACs, BDCs and other permanent capital vehicles, through SEC registered, Regulation D, Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings (including registered direct offerings and PIPEs).
His M&A experience includes representing strategic and financial buyers and sellers, special committees and financial advisors in connection with U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions of both public and private companies.
As a significant part of his practice, Michael also counsels domestic public companies and foreign private issuers and their boards, board committees, special committees, executive officers and investors in connection with ongoing compliance under the U.S. securities laws, including under Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley and the JOBS Act, exchange requirements and governance and executive compensation matters.
In addition, as a part of his practice, Michael advises a significant number of leading companies on supply chain compliance (including the SEC's Conflict Minerals Rule), responsible sourcing and corporate social responsibility, and is widely viewed as a leading practitioner in this area.
Michael is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars, has authored numerous articles and is frequently quoted as an expert in the business and specialty press on topics pertaining to his areas of expertise. He is listed in Who’s Who in Securities Law and, for multiple years, has been listed in New York Super Lawyers for securities and corporate finance and as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the New York metro area.
He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane University Law School, where he was an editor of the Tulane Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif, and his B.S. from Indiana University
