Overview
Practice Areas
Michael J. Skapyak is an associate in CSG Law’s Corporate Group. Michael advises privately held businesses, investors, and family-owned enterprises on a broad range of transactional, corporate, and commercial matters. His practice is focused on middle-market mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, joint venture transactions, commercial contracting, and general business counseling.
Michael regularly represents buyers and sellers in connection with stock and asset acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, strategic investments, and complex ownership restructurings. He advises clients throughout the transaction lifecycle, from initial structuring and due diligence through negotiation, closing, and post-closing integration matters. His experience includes advising on billions of dollars of transacted value in M&A transactions and spans a variety of industries, such as manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, professional services, home services, and technology.
In addition to his M&A practice, Michael counsels business owners and investors on entity formation, operating and shareholder agreements, buy-sell arrangements, succession planning, executive compensation arrangements, and ongoing corporate governance matters. He routinely drafts and negotiates a wide range of commercial agreements, including distribution, reseller, licensing, services, supply, and strategic partnership agreements.
Drawing on experience across complex corporate and commercial transactions, Michael works closely with clients to identify practical solutions, manage legal and business risk, and help achieve their strategic objectives. He is committed to providing responsive, business-oriented counsel tailored to each client’s unique circumstances and goals.
Michael earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School and his undergraduate degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Honors
- Included in The Best Lawyers in America® “Ones to Watch,” Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2026-2027)
- Selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers – Rising Stars list, Business/Corporate (2026)
Award Methodology
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Education
- Rutgers Law School (J.D., 2018)
- Rutgers University, School of Arts & Sciences (B.A., 2014)
Admissions
- New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Overview
- Represented a wholly owned subsidiary of a public company in a divestiture of a business unit.
- Represented an international toy company in a strategic acquisition.
- Represented a family-owned construction management company in the sale of the equity of the company to an employee.
- Represented a manufacturer, supplier, and distributor of fasteners and other similar products in connection with the sale of its business to a private equity company.
- Represented a family-owned restaurant and food service equipment supplier in two strategic acquisitions totaling over $80 million in aggregate purchase price and related acquisition financing.
- Represented a healthcare contract management service provider in the sale of the equity of the company to a private equity company.
- Represented a wholly owned subsidiary of a public company in a strategic acquisition.
- Represented a specialty food importer in the sale of all of its assets to a privately held food importer.
- Represented a retail real estate data and analytics company in a strategic acquisition.
- Represented a private equity portfolio company in add-on acquisitions totaling over $200 million in aggregate purchase price.
- Represented a cold-chain logistics and manufacturing company in two strategic acquisitions.
- Represented a healthcare data analytics software provider in the sale of the company through a reverse triangular merger with a strategic buyer.
- Represented commercial financing companies in the contribution of their assets to a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle and a related $75M loan facility.
- Represented a medical billing service provider in the sale of all of the equity of the company to a private equity company.
- Represented a therapy service provider in a strategic acquisition.
- Represented a wealth management company in the sale of all of its assets to a private equity company.
- Represented a global information service provider in the strategic acquisition of two data analytics companies.
- Represented multiple plumbing and HVAC companies in the sale of their assets to private equity.
- Represented a wholesale bagel producer in the sale of 100% of its equity to a private equity company.
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