Michael Scimeca Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Head of Commercial Legal team responsible for all commercial transactions at Lyft

San Francisco, Ca, Us

 Lead attorney for all procurement contracts, strategic transactions and M&A transactions.

Sole attorney for publicly traded corporation.Responsible for all legal aspects of corporation, including licensing and technology transactions, 1934 Act filings, earnings releases, merger and acquisition activity, subsidiary management, compliance obligations including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, employment matters and general corporate governance.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Lead attorney for M&A activity for Global eCommerce, a division of Walmart Stores. Recent transactions include the acquisition of controlling interest in Yihaodian, a Chinese ecommerce company, and the acquisition of Inkiru, a data analytics company. • Manage international subsidiaries required to support Global eCommerce efforts in Brazil, China and India. Responsibilities include board governance, funding and tax restructuring activities. • Lead corporate governance efforts for Global eCommerce.

• Lead attorney for acquisitions of insurance companies and AAA member clubs.• Managed restructuring and operational separation of insurance company and member club, including negotiation of commercial arrangements between companies. • Provided legal advice and served as legal counsel to Board of Directors and senior management with regard to corporate governance matters for all parent and subsidiary entities. • Managed compliance with AAA National and regulators such as California Department of Insurance.

Primary associate on a variety of M&A transactions on the buy and sell side, including: o Managing diligence production and negotiating merger agreement to support sale of Atom Entertainment to Viacom for $200 million;o Negotiating merger agreement and preparing Form S-4 joint proxy statement/prospectus for sale of RITA Medical Systems to AngioDynamics for $220 million;o Negotiating merger agreement and preparing Form S-4 joint proxy statement/prospectus for Secure Computing’s $300 million acquisition of CyberGuard; ando Supporting Northrop Grumman’s $7.8 billion acquisition of TRW.Primary associate representing public companies in a variety of matters, including: o Preparing Form S-1 for the initial public offering and follow on offering of Micrus Corporation;o Preparing Form S-3s to register shares for resale following private placement of equity on behalf of multiple clients; ando Managing annual SEC reporting process, including periodic reports, proxy statements, current reports and press releases for Micrus Corporation, Secure Computing and RITA Medical Systems.Primary associate representing emerging companies in the technology and medical device industries, including: o Drafting documents for companies issuing preferred stock or convertible debentures; o Assisting founders with formation of companies; ando Managing corporate governance for emerging companies.

Juris Doctorate

Bsc, Finance