Michael Fox’s reputation as an innovative, effective, tenacious problem solver rests on more than 40 years of consistently achieving exceptional outcomes in complex, formidable financial restructurings.
Michael represents distressed companies, creditors, hedge funds, and debt and equity security holders in all areas of financial restructurings, including Chapter 11, out-of-court workouts, and restructurings of troubled companies. Buyers and sellers of financially distressed and leveraged assets also call on him to provide shrewd strategic counsel on business opportunities, implications of transactions, and enterprise structuring and financing. His clients include sophisticated, nationally recognized clients spanning a range of industries such as consumer products, retail, manufacturing, health sciences, health care, food, and consumer products. Applying his seasoned business acumen and legal skills, Michael closes even the most complex transactions in a way that benefits all parties.
Michael served as Chairman of Olshan’s Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring Department for nearly two decades. He is proud of the wide network of solid relationships he has built with clients, judges, and other leaders in the distressed finance world.
Practice Areas
Education
J.D., American University Washington College of Law, 1982
B.S., magna cum laude, State University of New York at Albany, 1978
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
