Mike Miller
Partner, Attorney at Holland & Knight LLP
About
Mike Miller co-heads the Search Funds team and the Independent Sponsors team at Holland & Knight LLP in Charlotte. He represents buyers and sellers, including domestic and international private equity firms, venture capital investors, and search funds. Independent sponsors and companies hire him to evaluate, structure, and negotiate acquisitions and sales. He negotiates leveraged buyouts, growth equity investments, and recapitalizations. He structures co-investments, stock acquisitions, and asset acquisitions. Before Holland & Knight, he handled private equity, technology, and corporate matters at Charlotte and New York City firms. He earned his J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. He advises traditional searchers and self-funded searchers on equity structuring and transaction execution.
Who is a good fit for Mike Miller
- Private equity firms seeking counsel on a leveraged buyout.
- Traditional and self-funded searchers buying a company.
- Independent sponsors negotiating a recapitalization or a co-investment.
- Shareholders selling a company through a stock sale or an asset sale.
Education and admissions
- Education
- Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D.
- University of Michigan, B.A.
- Bar admissions
- New York, North Carolina
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Corporate Law, 2024-2027; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2026, 2027
- Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Corporate/M&A (Charlotte & Surrounds), 2025, 2026
- The Legal 500 USA, M&A/Corporate and Commercial - Private Equity Buyouts: Middle-Market (up to $500M), 2024, 2026
Specialties
Representative matters
As described on the firm’s website.
- Represented a Tampa-based independent sponsor focused on the transportation and logistics, distribution, business services, and niche manufacturing and sub-contracting industries in its acquisition of a leading provider of logistics and cargo solutions in the southeastern United States
- Represented a California-based independent sponsor in its investment in a leading alternative energy system provider in California
- Represented the portfolio company of a private equity fund in its $167 million carve-out acquisition of a lifestyle media and merchandising company from a publicly traded fashion brand holding company ($167,000,000)
- Represented a private equity fund focused on the industrial, infrastructure and business services sectors in numerous platform and bolt-on acquisitions and divestitures
- Represented a private equity fund focused on the infrastructure sector in multiple growth equity, bolt-on and acquisition transactions
Deal profile
- Typical deal size
- Any deal size
- Remote work
- In-person / regional