Michael Soumas ^{^}

Michael Soumas focuses his practice on corporate securities matters, representing both domestic and foreign companies in a full range of general corporate and securities matters, with a focus on navigating the process of capital raising, including initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on offerings, shelf takedowns, private placements in public equities (PIPEs), as well as SEC reporting and compliance and corporate governance matters.

Michael advises clients on a wide variety of securities laws and governance matters, including drafting and reviewing annual, periodic and current reports and proxy statements, compliance with SEC/stock exchange rules and board meeting minutes, as well as with respect to day-to-day operational matters, including contract review, covenant compliance and investor communications. Michael also represents banks and funds in capital markets transactions, including underwritten public offerings, at-the-market facilities, equity line programs and PIPEs. Michael works with many Israeli tech companies in a myriad of areas including life sciences, defense, tech, pharma and others.

Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Michael served as vice president and counsel at a global investment bank, providing legal advice on equity derivative, margin loan and structured finance transactions.