The Hunton & Williams LLP Immigration practice, part of the firm's Labor and Employment Team, is concentrated in two major areas. First our work involves advising American and foreign businesses about obtaining the most appropriate temporary and permanent work visas for executives, professionals, and other skilled foreign workers. Careful planning and documentation are necessary to ensure the greatest chance of success. We also represent our clients in any negotiations or administrative...
Practice Expertise
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Energy
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Corporate
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Energy
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Energy Finance and Securitization
- Financial Services
- Power and Energy Capital Markets
- Power and Utilities Capital Markets
- Public Finance
- Public Utility Securitization
- Structured Finance and Securitization View More
Profile
Michael’s practice focuses on representing issuers and underwriters in capital markets transactions, principally in the power and utilities arena. Michael has extensive experience advising clients on a broad range of securities transactions including public and privately placed offerings of equity, first mortgage bonds, various debt/equity hybrid instruments, subordinated and convertible debt, collateral trust bonds, multi-modal tax-exempt bonds and dedicated utility rate securitization bonds.
Bar Admissions
Education
JD, Fordham University School of Law, 1990
BS, Villanova University, cum laude, 1983
Areas of Practice
- Capital Markets and Securities
- Corporate
- Energy
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Energy Finance and Securitization
- Financial Services
- Power and Energy Capital Markets
- Power and Utilities Capital Markets
- Public Finance
- Public Utility Securitization
- Structured Finance and Securitization
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Professional Associations
Professional Activities and Experience
- Advises clients on corporate governance and compliance matters with the US securities laws, including Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act.
- Represented utility clients on securities offerings.
- Served as designated underwriters' counsel to several utility holding companies and their subsidiaries.
- Represented underwriters in connection with several utility rate reduction bond securitization financings, including stranded cost and storm cost transactions.
Professional Associations
- Vice Chairman, Infrastructure Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions Committee of the Section of Infrastructure and Regulated Industries, American Bar Association
- Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Professional Activities and Experience
- Chambers Global: USA, Energy: Electricity (Finance), Band 1, 2015-2017
- Chambers USA, Energy: Electricity (Finance), Band 1, 2012-2017
- Chambers USA, Energy, 2006-2012
- Deal Maker of the Year, Finance Monthly, 2013
- New York Super Lawyer, Business/Corporate Law, 2013-2016. A description of the selection methodology can be found on Super Lawyers’ webpage.
Articles
- Electronic Roadshows: Why The Voice-Over Matters, Law360
- High-Cost Debt Refinance — Is Everybody Going Dutch?, Law360
- Financing the Future: Three Innovative Approaches to Infrastructure Finance, Infrastructure
- The Case for Superstorm Sandy Restoration Bonds, PowerIntelligence
- Understanding Storm Cost Recovery Bonds, Law 360
- The Rating Agency Condition: A Cautionary Note, Total Securitization
Blogs
Hunton Insurance Recovery Blog
Updates, Analysis and Breaking News for Commercial Policyholders
Pipeline Law
Connecting You To the Flow of Latest News and Industry Information
The Nickel Report
Trends and Developments in Energy and Environmental Law
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