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
New York

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

Altering the Leveraged Lending Landscape, Law360 Finance

An Expert's View on Prepayments, Practical Law, The Journal

Creditors Beware: Lessons from Recent Court Decisions, Practical Law, The Journal

EBITDA Adjustments, Practical Law website

Effects of Roswell V. Alternative Construction, Law360

Expert Q&A on Developments in Board Authorizations Post-Verizon, Practical Law, The Journal

Fraudulent Conveyance Aspects of Leveraged Buyouts, International Financial Law Review

Legislation Effective in New York To Combat Paper Terrorism, Practical Lawyer

The New Normal in Acquisition Finance Commitments, Law360

Under the Hood of In Re Motors Liquidation, Law360