Michael Venditto Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Recent representative engagements:• Counsel for the foreign representative of a Chinese trader and processor of coking coal in Chapter 15 proceedings to implement the restructuring of US$350 million of U.S. bond debt through parallel Schemes of Arrangement in Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands• Counsel for the indenture trustees of more than 100 collateralized-debt obligations in the Chapter 11 case of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.• Advised a syndicate of lenders in the out-of-court restructuring of first lien debt on a fleet of Panamax containerships• Represented the indenture trustee in the U.S. bankruptcy reorganization of a Bahrain-based investment bank• Represented the leasing subsidiary of one of China’s “Big Four” commercial banks in the foreclosure and recovery of two semi-submersible oil production platforms following the Brazilian bankruptcy filing by the operator/lessor.• Represented a secured lender in acquiring the assets and business of its borrower, the manufacturer of proton therapy systems, by credit bidding at a bankruptcy auction conducted under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code.• Represented a Chinese EPC contractor in a Singapore-seated arbitration concerning enforcement of liens arising in connection with funding for the design and construction of power plant in central America• Represented the trustee of a post-confirmation liquidating trust in the liquidation of a specialty finance company for healthcare providers• Advised equity holders in connection with the Chapter 11 case commenced by a China-based operator of containerships and dry bulk vessels• Debtors’ counsel in the Chapter 11 liquidation of a U.S. based hedge fund • Counsel for a real estate investment fund as mortgagee, and D-I-P lender, in the Chapter 11 liquidation of a luxury oceanfront hotel• Debtor’s counsel for a manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion battery systems in its pre-packaged chapter 11 reorganization

Greater New York City Area

Representing debtors, creditors and statutory committees in bankruptcy cases throughout the United States.

New York, Ny

Representing debtors, creditors and trustees clients in bankruptcy cases; and, representing parties in commercial, corporate and business litigation in state and federal courts.

J.D.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) - Magna Cum Laude, Political Science And Government