Overview
Mike Selvin is a corporate attorney in the Los Angeles office of Munger, Tolles & Olson whose practice focuses on a broad variety of corporate transactions and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, formation of investment funds and joint ventures and debt and equity financings.
He has represented clients including publicly traded companies, regulated utilities, large family offices and private investment firms. His representations have included Pacific Gas & Electric, Edison International, Oaktree Capital Management, Himalaya Capital Management, Nexus Capital Management, Taiyo Pacific Partners, Cercano Management and several large family offices of well-known individuals.
Mike also maintains a focus on community service at the firm. He provides pro bono counseling to nonprofit organizations on corporate governance issues and related matters. He also volunteers as an attorney advisor to aspiring law students from diverse backgrounds as they prepare to apply to law school as part of MTO’s partnership with Legal Education Access Pipeline, Inc. (LEAP), and participates annually in Food From the Bar, a deeply impactful annual campaign that unites legal professionals across the country in combating child hunger.
At Loyola Law School, Mike was a note and comment editor and published author on the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.
Prior to law school, Mike was a music agent at a major Hollywood talent agency, where he managed the live touring careers of a roster of world-renowned bands and DJs.
Capabilities
Practices
Experience
Corporate
Representative matters include advising:
Taiyo Pacific Partners in connection with the structuring and financing of its tender-offer acquisition of Roland DG Corporation, a publicly traded Japanese corporation.
Pacific Gas & Electric in applying for California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval to transfer to a new subsidiary substantially all of its non-nuclear generation assets and sell a minority stake in such subsidiary to one or more investors, as well as with respect to the structuring of the asset separation and post-separation intercompany relationship.
Edison International and Southern California Edison in connection with a number of credit facilities and debt refinancings.
A subsidiary of Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A. de CV (FEMSA) in a number of strategic acquisitions.
Nexus Capital Management in a number of portfolio company acquisitions and investments.
Oaktree Capital Management in its $88 million divestiture of the South Terminal of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport following litigation with the City of Austin.
The structuring and formation of a new investment firm in connection with a family office spinout.
Private Wealth
Advises several of the largest family offices and ultra-high net-worth individuals in the world, as well as prominent figures in media and entertainment, in connection with investments, compliance, operations and other strategic transactions.