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Michael Herman is a partner in the corporate finance department in Gowlings’ Toronto office, practising in corporate finance and business law.

Michael is a strategic adviser to a broad range of clients, in particular, entrepreneurial, privately held companies and mid-market investment and financial institutions. He has extensive experience acting for clients on a broad range of corporate and business matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate development and corporate finance.

In addition to his background in private practice, Michael spent a number of years in senior executive positions at various multi-national public corporations, where he was responsible for strategic planning and direction, asset acquisitions and dispositions, strategic partnerships, debt and equity offerings, corporate governance and other corporate-wide marketing and investor relations activities.

In recent years, Michael has devoted significant time and attention to the Canadian private equity market, representing both companies seeking capital and private equity funds making acquisitions and investments, and to the Canadian life sciences sector, focusing on the funding and commercial issues confronting emerging companies in this industry.