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Mike is a partner and is chair of the financial restructuring practice group. His practice focuses primarily on single lender and syndicated commercial financing transactions, both in the structuring and documenting of new transactions and in the workout and recovery of non-performing credit facilities. He has extensive Chapter 11 bankruptcy experience, representing primarily lenders, equipment lessors, and creditors' committees. Mike is certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by American Board of Certification and is certified as a Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization.
Representative Matters
Served as counsel to the agent for a syndicate of lenders in the North Carolina Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a multi-store retail chain.
Served as counsel to agent for a syndicate of lenders in the Delaware Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a world wide manufacturer of electronic components.
Served as counsel to a fleet lessor of a rolling stock in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of nationwide common carriers in Atlanta, Salt Lake City and Kansas City.
Served as special counsel to the steering committee for a syndicate of lenders to a nationwide service company in the restructure and refinance of its revolving credit facility.
Served as counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors in the North Carolina Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of an upholstery manufacturer, and in the Mississippi Chapter 11 bankruptcy case of a furniture manufacturer.
Served as counsel for an owner participant in leveraged aircraft lease transaction in Chapter 11 cases in New York of two major airlines.
Served as counsel for rolling stock lessor in Chapter 11 case of a national bakery in Kansas.
Publications, Presentations and Awards
North Carolina Super Lawyers, Banking Law, 2007-2008 (Top 100 in 2008)
Legal Elite Hall of Fame, Business North Carolina Magazine,Bankruptcy Law, 2005-2008
Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, 1998-2008
"Acquisitions of Bankruptcy Entities," CLE presentation with Jo Ann Brighton and Joe Kluttz, May 2007
Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2005-2007, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Business North Carolina Magazine, 2002 and 2003 Legal Elite
Numerous seminar presentations and manuscripts on Chapter 11 bankruptcy and insolvency practice issues for the North Carolina Bar Association and the Turnaround Management Association
Professional, Civic and Community Involvement
Professional: American Bankruptcy Institute
American Bar Association Business Law Section, Business Bankruptcy Committee
North Carolina Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, Section Council 1980-1983; Business Section
North Carolina State Bar, Counselor, 1998-2006
North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, Bankruptcy Specialty Committee, Chairman, 1984-1990
North Carolina State Bar Board of Paralegal Certification, Chair, 2004-present
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