Michael F. Fitzpatrick, Jr.

Michael’s practice focuses on representing issuers and underwriters in capital markets transactions, principally in the power and utilities arena. Michael has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of securities transactions including public and privately placed offerings of equity, first mortgage bonds, various debt/equity hybrid instruments, subordinated and convertible debt, collateral trust bonds, multi-modal tax-exempt bonds and dedicated utility rate securitization bonds.

• Advises clients on corporate governance and compliance matters with the US securities laws, including Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act.
• Represented power and utilities clients on securities offerings.
• Served as designated underwriters’ counsel and purchasers’ counsel to several utility holding companies and their subsidiaries.
• Represented sponsors/issuers, underwriters and structuring advisors in connection with several dedicated rate reduction bond securitization financings, including stranded cost, environmental costs, and storm cost transactions.
• Pro bono representation of veterans in their pursuit of combat-related special compensation benefits.

• Recommended for Capital Markets - Equity Offerings (2021-2024), Capital Markets - Debt Offerings (2022-2024) and Energy Transactions: Electric Power (2024), Legal 500 United States
• Recognized as a Leader in Energy: Electricity – Finance (2012-2024) and Energy (2006-2016), USA-Nationwide, Chambers USA
• Recognized as a Leader in Energy: Electricity – Finance, USA, Chambers Global, 2013-2024
• Deal Maker of the Year, Finance Monthly, 2013

• Selected as a Super Lawyer for Securities & Corporate Finance Law, The New York Times Magazine, 2016-2023

• Vice Chairman, Infrastructure Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Section of Infrastructure and Regulated Industries, American Bar Association