Michael J. Student

Michael's practice focuses on assisting clients in a broad range of commercial endeavors, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, cross-border transactions, licensing, and strategic alliances. He regularly counsels enterprises in the technology sector. Michael also advises non-U.S. companies looking to establish or expand in the United States, with a particular focus on clients in Finland and other parts of the Nordic region. Prior to joining Sullivan, Michael was a partner at Arent Fox.

Bar & Court Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Education

• J.D., Columbia University School of Law, Casenotes and Comments Editor, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
• B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Hobart College

Community Engagement

• New York State Bar Association
• Member of the Board of Directors and Former President, Finnish American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (New York)
• Member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of American Friends of CMI, Inc.

• A New York Gentleman's State of Mind
  Launchpad USA, Quoted
  October 31, 2017
• An Introduction to Finnish Business Culture
  AmCham Finland
  April 26, 2016

Seminars & Presentations

• Updates to U.S. Tax Law & What it Means For Your U.S. Business
  AmCham Finland (March 11, 2021)
• Virtual Bridge to the U.S. Market for Ambitious Finnish Companies
  Webinar (December 7, 2020)
• USA Bootcamp
  Espoo, Finland (August 28, 2019)
• International Trademark Association's 2019 Annual Meeting
  International Trademark Association (INTA) (May 21, 2019)
• U.S. M&A Deals: Key Points for 2019
  AmCham Finland (March 26, 2019)
• The Impact of U.S. Tax Reform
  AmCham Finland (September 20, 2018)
• Current Hot Topics in US Employment Law
  KPMG House, Helsinki, Finland (March 1, 2018)
• Recipe for Success in the U.S. Market
  Helsinki, Finland (October 27, 2017)
• U.S. Tax Reform is Coming
  Amcham Finland Offices, Helsinki, Finland (March 30, 2017)

• Lecturer on challenges in dealing with financially troubled U.S. customers, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland
• "Trading in the U.S. Market," Tampere, Finland
• "AmCham 2012 Legal Forum - Getting the M&A Deal Done," Helsinki, Finland
• "Compliance in International Business," Finnish Industrial Lawyers Association, New York State Bar Association Finland Chapter and the Association of Corporate Counsel – Europe Chapter, Helsinki, Finland
• Guest lecturer, Finnish Institute for International Trade’s "North American Business Law" and "International Business Law" conferences in Helsinki and New York
• Lecturer on venture capital transactions for programs sponsored by Finpro, Finland
• Lecturer to business and legal audiences on commercial contracting, technology service agreements, outsourcing, basics of intellectual property law and mergers and acquisitions, and doing business in the United States