Michael Renetzky’s practice focuses on investment management, securities and corporate law. Michael devotes a substantial portion of his time to representing buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions transactions. Additionally, he has considerable experience counseling clients on securities law compliance, debt and equity financing matters, investment adviser, investment company and broker-dealer regulation.
Michael is a contributing author and editor of the firm’s FUNDamentals(TM) Investment Management Client Alert Series, which is prepared for investment advisers, fund managers and private investment companies.
Counseling and Compliance
- Organization of private investment companies, hedge funds and other funds exempt from the registration requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940;
- Registration of federally covered and state covered investment advisers;
- Counseling on regulatory and compliance concerns affecting investment funds, federally covered investment advisers and state registered investment advisers;
- Developing compliance programs and conducting compliance audits for investment advisers and broker-dealers;
- Developing and implementing a 38a-1 compliance certification program for a large mutual fund complex; and
- Counseling on the unique federal and state investment management regulatory issues faced by federal savings banks.
Transactions
- Exchange of approximately 17% of the common stock of Triad Guaranty Inc. (NASDAQ: TGIC) in a tax-free reorganization of an affiliate of the largest beneficial owner of shares;
- $150 million offering of Noncumulative Perpetual Preferred Shares of a financial holding company;
- Hartford Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of the group benefits division of CNA Financial Corporation for $500 million;
- Merger of Woronoco Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX: WRO) with and into Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (AMEX: BHL);
- $4 billion medium term note program backed by XL Life Insurance and Annuity Company funding agreements;
- $150 million offering of Surplus Notes of BlueCross BlueShield of Florida;
- Hartford Life Insurance Company’s acquisition of the annuity, life and investment businesses of the Fortis Financial Group for $1.1 billion;
- Acquisition of all of the publicly-held shares of Phoenix Investment Partners (NYSE: PXP) by Phoenix Home Life; and
- Aetna’s sale of its individual life insurance business to Lincoln National for $1 billion.
- Harvard University, J.D., 1996
- St. Louis University, B.S./B.A., 1993, summa cum laude
- Federal Court, N.D. Illinois, 1996
- State Courts, Illinois, 1996
- St. Luke Academy, Board of Education (1997-2001)
- American Bar Association
- Lutheran Community Services for the Aged, Inc., Board of Directors (2003-05)
- Lutheran Church of Atonement, Board of Education (2001-05)
- American College of Investment Counsel, Fellow (2004-Present), Regulatory Section (Chair, 2005-Present)
- Lutheran Life Communities, Board of Directors (2005 - Present), Secretary (2007 - Present)