Michael represents domestic and foreign agents, arrangers, direct and unitranche lenders and other financing parties, as well as sponsors and borrowers, in leveraged buy-outs, hostile and friendly tender offers, recapitalizations and spin-offs, workouts and restructurings, debtor-in-possession and exit financings, and fund and capital call financings.

Michael also represents clients that provide mezzanine and bridge financing, direct and club financing, unitranche financing, asset based financing, first lien/second lien financing, cross border financing, media and telecom financing, leisure financing, project and other structured financing, and "one stop" bank/bond financing. He also has extensive experience in finance transactions across many industries, with particular focus on media, telecom, healthcare, retail, leisure (including casinos), family restaurant, energy, software, technology and industrial areas, as well as extensive experience with all types of intercreditor arrangements and AAL’s.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Columbia Law School, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (each year), Managing Editor, Human Rights Law Review

BA, Brandeis University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

• Expert Q&A on Developments in Board Authorizations Post-Verizon, Practical Law, The Journal
• Altering the Leveraged Lending Landscape, Law360 Finance
• Effects of Roswell V. Alternative Construction, Law360
• Under the Hood of In Re Motors Liquidation, Law360
• Legislation Effective in New York To Combat Paper Terrorism, Practical Lawyer
• Fraudulent Conveyance Aspects of Leveraged Buyouts, International Financial Law Review
• Creditors Beware: Lessons from Recent Court Decisions, Practical Law, The Journal
• EBITDA Adjustments, Practical Law website
• An Expert’s View on Prepayments, Practical Law, The Journal
• The New Normal in Acquisition Finance Commitments, Law360