Michael B. Kirwan is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He counsels business clients on securities, acquisitions, financings and corporate governance matters. Mr. Kirwan has worked on numerous public and private offerings, including IPOs and follow-on offerings, represented many companies on their periodic reporting obligations and other matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission, represented special committees of various boards of directors, and handled a variety of business combinations and venture capital matters. He has significant experience in the banking, insurance and REIT industries. Mr. Kirwan represents a number of publicly traded companies that are listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. He is a member of the firm’s Transactional & Securities, Finance & Financial Institutions and Private Equity & Venture Capital Practices.

Prior to joining Foley in 2006, Mr. Kirwan was a partner at Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP. He then became the general counsel and eventually the chief operating officer for Encore Development, Inc., a national technology consulting firm.