Michael P. Barry

Mergers & Acquisitions | Corporate | Private Equity

Michael P. Barry leads the corporate and mergers and acquisitions practice at LMB Partners. He has been selected to Colorado Super Lawyers for Mergers & Acquisitions three consecutive years, 2025 through 2027, and has spent nearly 25 years advising business owners and companies on acquisitions, investments, corporate governance, and other critical business decisions.

Michael represents buyers and sellers in transactions up to $50 million, with particular depth in technology, software, healthcare, fintech, and cannabis. He regularly represents privately held companies and their owners across the table from strategic acquirers, including publicly traded companies. Representative transactions include a $10.5 million acquisition of a software development company, a $14.3 million merger of cannabis production and retail businesses, and a $9.8 million acquisition of a home healthcare company specializing in hospice care. He also handles the work that never makes a press release: partner buyouts, ownership disputes, restructurings, and business separations.

On the venture side, Michael advises startups and emerging companies on formation, equity arrangements, and capital raising from seed through venture rounds, including representing a fintech company through approximately $20 million in financing across multiple rounds.

He serves as outside general counsel to established businesses, advising on governance, shareholder and operating agreements, commercial contracts, and executive and equity compensation. His probate, estate planning, and business succession practice addresses the point where business ownership and personal planning meet.

Michael believes legal advice has to make business sense. He protects his clients’ interests without losing sight of why they wanted the deal in the first place.

Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Michael is an avid University of Arizona basketball fan.