Miran Vila is an associate in the corporate department and also a member of the Private Equity practice group.

Miran advises public and privately held companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and capital raising transactions, including complex private capital, debt and equity investments, initial public offerings; private equity funds in connection with acquisitions, investments, reorganization and financings; and underwriters and investors in connection with public and private debt and equity transactions, including PIPE and SPAC transactions.

• Atlas Holdings in connection with various portfolio company acquisitions
• Stryten Energy in connection with various strategic domestic and cross border acquisitions and corporate reorganization
• Greenridge Generation LLC (a portfolio company of Atlas Holding), a vertically integrated Bitcoin mining and power generation facility, in its definitive agreement to go public through a merger with Support.com
• Kingswood Acquisition Corp. in its US$115 million initial public offering, SPAC extensions, and multiple de-SPAC transactions
• MDH Acquisition Corp. in its US$276 million initial public offering, multiple de SPAC transactions, and liquidation
• Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its US$345 million initial public offering* 
• Napier Park Global Capital in joint venture transactions*
• MetaBank in various acquisitions, minority stake investments, and joint venture transactions*
• Embraer in connection with sale of its minority stake position in an initial public offering*
• Castlelake, L.P. in various asset acquisitions, financings, and alternative investment transactions*
• Merced Capital, L.P. in asset sales, leveraged acquisitions, financings, and alternative investment transactions*
• Apex Clean Energy in connection with corporate reorganization, and sale and acquisition of various renewable energy projects*
• Exelon Corporation in connection with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission corporate compliance matters*
• Dominion Energy in development and acquisition of various energy projects*
• Ferguson as in-house corporate counsel in connection with various corporate transactions, bolt-on acquisitions, integration of acquired targets, and corporate reorganization**

* Denotes prior firm experience
** Denotes prior in-house experience

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association International Contracts Steering Committee

Awards & Accolades

• Go-To Thought Leadership Award by The National Law Review, December 2020

Publications

• “Protecting a Lessor Against the Recharacterization in Bankruptcy of a Full Payout Aircraft Lease as a Disguised Security Agreement” (January 11, 2021), The National Law Review
•  “ADS-B OUT Compliance as Part of Lease Redelivery Conditions” (November 25, 2020), The National Law Review
•  “Maximizing Returns Through Effective Management of Engine Performance Restoration: Five Cases” (October 1, 2020), The National Law Review
•  Use of Residual-Value Insurance to Support Debt Repayment in Leveraged Aircraft Leases (August 14, 2020), The National Law Review
•  “Toward a Rational Debt-Equity Framework in Leveraged Aircraft Leases” (July 9, 2020), The National Law Review
•  “Aircraft Sale Leasebacks in a Disrupted Market: Traditional and New Considerations for Lessors” (May 21, 2020), The National Law Review
• “Passenger Airlines and US Treasury Department Reach Agreement on CARES Act Payroll Support Program” (April 17, 2020), The National Law Review