Michele (Mike) Sorice

Michele (Mike) Sorice

Managing Associate

He / Him / His

Columbus

T 614.223.9336

Languages: French: speaking (limited working proficiency) and reading and writing (working proficiency), Italian: speaking, reading, and writing at professional proficiency level.

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Overview

Michele (Mike) focuses his practice on employee benefits, counseling clients on employee benefit plan design, implementation and compliance, as well as employee benefits issues that arise in connection with mergers and acquisitions.

In addition, Mike provides advice and guidance on the feasibility, design, and installation of employee stock ownership plans from inception to maturity across various industries. Mike has broad experience representing businesses considering the transition to ESOP-ownership, as well as advising trustees of employee stock ownership trusts involved in ESOP transactions. Mike also has experience counseling ESOP-owned businesses through audits and examinations of their ESOPs by the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor.

What I Do

Corporate
Executive Compensation & Benefits

Experience

Represented Purolator, a leading Canadian provider of integrated freight, package and logistics solutions, as U.S. deal counsel in its acquisition of Livingston International from Platinum Equity.

Key Contacts: Dorothea R. CarletonShivdutt TrivediAlyson WaiteAndrew MurphyReed W. SirakConnie A. PorterKathleen M. VlasekJonathan R. ToddAaron SchwedMichele (Mike) SoriceVanessa I. GomezRobert NaumoffDaniel S. MarksAlexander M. MossLogan BryantJordan J. Call

Represented the trustee of an ESOP in its acquisition of 100% of the common stock of a specialty earth works contractor.

Key Contacts: Michele (Mike) Sorice

Represented an ESOP-owned utility vegetation management consulting firm through an audit of the firm’s ESOP by the Internal Revenue Service, resulting in the audit being closed with no changes.

Key Contacts: Michele (Mike) Sorice

Represented Meteor Education, a portfolio company of Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, in its acquisition of Advanced Technologies Consultants, a leading provider of career and technical education training and equipment in both secondary and post-secondary education markets.

Key Contacts: Melissa R. GrimAan AminAmy L. CraigDylan M. RosenfieldMax B. GuggenheimMichele (Mike) SoriceSean Crowley Christopher W. PendletonDaniel S. Marks

Represented Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Ascend, a provider of practice management services to accounting businesses, in an add-on acquisition.

Key Contacts: Amelia ParkerMelissa R. GrimGrace M. KaramRachit ParikhMichele (Mike) SoriceDaniel S. MarksAlexander M. Moss

Represented a private equity buyer in its acquisition of a wholesale distributor of pipes, valves, and fittings.

Key Contacts: Amelia ParkerMelissa R. GrimMorgan McCrackenJessica N. AngneyReed W. SirakConnie A. PorterAdam PrimmMichael R. BeerM. Casey KucharsonJonathan R. ToddMichael D. StovskyDuncan H. PoirierHannah J. KrausMegan E. FaskaMichele (Mike) SoriceJacob C. LavisVanessa I. GomezJulia RolniakAlexander M. MossLogan Bryant

Represented Gridiron Capital in the sale of Foundation Wellness, a leading consumer wellness platform that designs, manufactures, markets, and sells high-value branded wellness products, to Bansk Group.

Key Contacts: Emily L. MorrisonNicholas R. PesaventoMelissa R. GrimLyndsay FlaggAndrew MurphyConnie A. PorterKristopher J. ChandlerMitchell E. GechtRichard F. TracannaDuncan H. PoirierMichael J. MozesGregg A. EisenbergShanae NelsonMichele (Mike) SoriceLogan Bryant

Represented the Buyer in its acquisition of a company engaged in the sale and servicing of first responder vehicles.

Key Contacts: Amelia ParkerAlyson WaiteMichael W. WardJessica N. AngneyReed W. SirakConnie A. PorterLisa M. KimmelMegan E. FaskaMichele (Mike) SoriceDaniel S. Marks

Represented IntegriChain, a portfolio company of Nordic Capital, in its acquisition of BridgeView Data Solutions, a commercial data warehouse and data aggregation business.

Key Contacts: Douglas DiMedioKathrin “Kat” ZakiLisa M. KimmelMichele (Mike) SoriceDaniel S. MarksBrad WenclewiczLauri A. Cooper

Represented a fertility practice and its associated ambulatory surgical center in their sale to a fertility clinic. 

Key Contacts: Jamie FeykoJoseph R. BlalockFrank CarsonieMichele (Mike) SoriceSean Crowley Cameron M. Hilling

Represented private equity sponsor in its simultaneous acquisitions of an oncology practice service provider and a group purchasing organization.

Key Contacts: Kate PowellJamie FeykoAlyson WaiteLisa M. KimmelLaura L. HultW. Clifford MullJoel R. PentzFrank CarsonieJoel VarnerRachit ParikhKristo PantelidesMichele (Mike) SoriceCassie Gawron SikorskiDaniel S. MarksLogan Bryant

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Credentials

Education

The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law, 2020, Juris Doctor
  • cum laude
  • Eminent Scholar, 2017-2020
Case Western Reserve University, 2017, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with honors and history, minor in Economics and Italian
  • cum laude

Clerkships and Bar Admissions

Ohio