
Michael J. Carroll
(he/him)
(he/him)
Mike helps emerging growth companies and leading investment funds identify practical solutions to complex debt finance issues.
Mike is a senior associate in Gunderson Dettmer’s Boston office. He represents emerging growth and other venture- and private equity-backed companies in debt finance transactions. Mike’s practice focuses on helping clients structure and negotiate loan facilities, including asset-based and cash-flow loans, leveraged buy-out transactions, multi-bank syndicated facilities, term loan facilities, and loan restructurings and workouts.
Mike also routinely serves as counsel to leading venture capital, growth equity, and private equity funds on bilateral and syndicated credit facilities with complex fund collateral structures, including subscription-secured credit facilities and management fee secured credit facilities.
Mike leverages his extensive market knowledge and commercial know-how to provide practical, strategic advice to clients. He brings Gunderson’s industry-leading experience representing high-growth companies in their financings, IPOs, and M&A transactions to every engagement along with the firm’s proprietary knowledge and tools.
Mike received the Secured Finance Network’s 2021 40 Under 40 Award for distinguished career achievements in addition to contributions to the industry as a whole.
Mike is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law. He also earned his bachelor’s degree from Fordham University at Rose Hill.