Michael V. Serra

Mike Serra focuses on the representation of private equity funds and corporate clients in their investment activities, including mergers and acquisitions, across a range of industries. Mike helps navigate clients through the deal process from start to finish. He enjoys the collaboration along the way to crystallize the parties' shared business objectives.

Mike has provided guidance to emerging companies on matters ranging from financings and corporate governance to service and licensing agreements.

Prior to joining Locke Lord, Mike also worked in the business litigation setting representing clients involved in governance, commercial contract and employment disputes at the trial and appellate court levels, and now brings that perspective to his transactional work

Mike's experience includes assisting in the representation of:

• Signers National, a New York City-based holding company for a tech-enabled insurance distribution platform, in a strategic minority investment from CIVC Partners, a Chicago-based business services investment firm
• Greenbacker Capital Management, LLC, through an affiliated fund, in its strategic investment in Swell Energy, a California-based residential energy storage developer and aggregator
• IPG Photonics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance fiber lasers and amplifiers, in the sale of its telecom transmission product lines to Lumentum
• Greenbacker Capital Management’s strategic growth investment in Renew Energy Partners, a nationwide distributed generation, microgrid and energy efficiency company
• Greenbacker Capital Management’s investment in Sunrock Distributed Generation, a financing and asset aggregation platform for commercial and industrial solar and energy storage projects across the country
• Carousel Industries of North America, Inc., in its sale to NWN Corporation for cash and equity in the buyer
• J.H. Whitney Capital Partners, LLC, in its sale of Stevens Manufacturing to Essex Industries
• ‎Cable One, Inc. in its strategic $570 ‎million investment in Mega Broadband, ‎a high-speed data, television and voice ‎provider focused in rural markets
• Melody Investment Advisors LP in connection with the acquisition of 90% of Uniti Towers, the wireless tower business of real estate investment trust Uniti Group Inc. (NASDAQ: UNIT), for approximately $220 million in cash
• Hastings Equity Partners and Specialty Welding and Turnaround Services, LLC (SWAT), in the sale of a majority ownership interest in SWAT to ORIX Capital Partners
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of LindFast Solutions Group, a master distributor of specialty fasteners
• American Tower Corp. in its acquisition of a portfolio of approximately 400 wireless towers and related property interests, from Grain Management, LLC
• ABRY Partners in its growth equity investment in RIMES Technologies
• IPG Photonics Corporation in its acquisition of Genesis Systems Group, a robotics systems integrator for customers in the transportation, aerospace and industrial end markets, for a purchase price of $115 million
• Silver Oak Services Partners in its recapitalization of Brilliant Staffing in partnership with management. Brilliant Staffing provides temporary and permanent staffing services for finance, accounting and IT professionals
• Nautic Partners and its portfolio company Community Medical Group (CMG), a leading at-risk primary care provider serving over 70,000 Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Health Insurance Marketplace program patients, in the sale of CMG to Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC)
• IPS Corporation and its majority owner Nautic Partners in the sale of IPS Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of specialized industrial and construction products, to funds affiliated with Sherman Capital Holdings, LLC, for a purchase price of $700 million
• IPG Photonics Corporation in its acquisition of Innovative Laser Technologies, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of laser systems, for a purchase price of $40 million
• Mandarinfish Holding Corp., an acquisition entity backed by multiple family office sponsors, in its acquisition of Professional Association of Diving Instructors from Providence Equity PartnersOrionCKB, an agency focused on helping clients scale their advertising on social media, in its sale to digital marketing agency Elite SEM, a portfolio company of Mountaingate Capital
• Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company, a Nautic Partners portfolio company and a leading behavioral health specialty pharmacy, in a strategic investment from Advent International
• An investor group, including Fenway Sports Group, in the acquisition of the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate baseball team
• Precision Engineered Products, LLC, a portfolio company of Nautic Partners and The Jordan Companies, in its sale to NN, Inc., for $615 million. Precision Engineered Products designs and manufactures a broad range of high-precision components and assemblies for customers in the fields of energy management, medicine and transportation, among others
• RFE Investment Partners in the acquisitions and combination of Stagnito Business Information, Edgell Communications and Path to Purchase Institute, creating a comprehensive business intelligence service provider now known as EnsembleIQ
• Nautic Partners in its acquisition of Vantage Mobility International, a leading manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vehicles sold to mobility dealers across the United States and Canada
• THE SWITCH, North America's leading video solutions service provider, in its acquisition of Pacific Television Center, Inc., and its investors in an equity investment from True Wind Capital