Michael Widland has developed an extensive practice in public transportation, corporate law, not-for-profit entities, commercial financing, restructures, workouts and reorganizations. He represents major corporate clients, developers and lenders. His representation of lenders has included commercial banks, savings institutions, asset-based lenders, insurance companies and leasing companies in secured and unsecured lending.
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Fairfield County Bar Association
- Hartford County Bar Association
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Association for Transportation Law
- Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys
- Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk: Secretary, Board of Trustees (1997-present)
- Stamford Center for Arts: Chairman of the Board, Board of Directors (1991-present)
- Connecticut Legal Services: Trustee (1994-present)
- Mill River Park Collaborative: Member, Board of Directors (2005-present)
- Town of Weston Planning and Zoning Board (1993-2005)
Multiple Acquisitions by Publicly-Traded Client
Represent client, a publicly-traded company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut which provides clients with a wide range of products and services in the areas of IT advisory services, measurement, research, decision support, analysis and events, in the following transactions:
- Acquisition of The Warner Group, a management consulting concern specializing in IT used in the public sector
- Acquisition of System Builder Summit, an events concern that partners private label brand PC vendors with vendor component products and services
- Acquisition of the North Carolina-based telecommunications consulting business Rendall and Associates, Inc.
- Acquisition of a minority interest in InfoRay Holding N.V., a Netherlands and U.S.-based company which develops, markets and distributes monitoring solutions which enable e-businesses to better manage their performance and operations
- Acquisition of the Colorado-based IT consulting business of Solista Global LLC
- Acquisition of the assets of the Sector5 Summit
- Sale of the assets of its Health Care Management Organization (HCMO) business
$65,000,000 Structured Financing
Handled $65,000,000 structured financing for Stanadyne, a worldwide designer and manufacturer of fuel filtration systems, fuel pumps, fuel injectors and valve train components, with almost $300 million in annual sales and an Exchange Act reporting company, with facilities in Connecticut, North Carolina, Florida, France, Italy, India and Brazil.