MICHAEL T. WOLF, Partner Professional Activities Chicago Office Office: (312) 840-7271 Fax: (312) 840-7371 Email: mwolf@jenner.com  Add to Outlook Contacts

Michael T. Wolf is a partner in the Corporate Department of Jenner & Block’s Chicago office. He is a member of the Firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity/Investment Management and Securities Practices. He serves as Co-Chair for the Firm's Hiring, Hiring Executive and Lateral Partner Hiring Committees.

Mr. Wolf has a diverse mergers & acquisitions practice, having represented financial and strategic buyers and sellers in connection with a wide variety of transaction structures across a broad array of industries.  Representing financial buyers and sellers, he has lead or co-lead transactions in, among other industries, the medical equipment, laboratory services, telecommunications, financial services, consulting, manufacturing, education services and broadcasting/publishing industries.  Representing strategic buyers and sellers, Mr. Wolf has lead or co-lead transactions on behalf of public and private company clients in, among other industries, consumer products, steel, aerospace/defense, consulting, licensing and marketing, financial services and software industries.  In addition, as part of his mergers & acquisitions practice, Mr. Wolf has represented a variety of clients in connection with complex restructurings, including the demutualization of a futures exchange.

Mr. Wolf’s securities practice is concentrated on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and securities compliance matters.  In particular, he has lead or co-lead initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, private and public debt offerings, private investments in public entities (PIPEs), domestic and international mergers and acquisitions involving public companies, and tender and exchange offers.

In addition, Mr. Wolf has served as principal outside corporate counsel to a number of different companies, including a publicly-traded telecommunications company and a publicly-traded futures exchange, as well as a variety of smaller privately-held businesses, and routinely advises clients on corporate governance and other related matters.

Mr. Wolf served in various capacities for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. and The First National Bank of Chicago while working to complete his M.B.A, and later, his J.D. After graduating from law school, he served as capital markets counsel for EVEREN Securities, Inc, where he provided advice and counsel on matters related to its investment banking, trading and research businesses. Upon the sale of EVEREN Securities to First Union Corporation in 1999, Mr. Wolf joined Kirkland & Ellis, where he was an associate in their corporate practice, concentrating on securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. In addition, Mr. Wolf recently worked for nine months as Assistant General Counsel at the Chicago Board of Trade, a long-term client of his, helping them complete their demutualization and initial public offering.

Mr. Wolf graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1998. He received his M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in 1994 and his B.A. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign in 1990.

Mr. Wolf is admitted to practice in Illinois.