Michael P. O'Neil

With a focus on areas such as mergers and acquisitions, debt refinancing and restructuring, and business workouts and turnarounds, Michael helps business owners, lenders and other stakeholders when companies are in transition. He represents both healthy and distressed companies in connection with sales, refinancings and liquidations, as well as in chapter 11 section 363 asset sales and “true reorganization” bankruptcy cases where judicial remedies are needed. Michael is known to many as a trusted advisor during difficult times. He serves as the chair of the Distressed Company Task Force that was created to assist borrower clients in every way, including in discussions with their lenders and in addressing concerns over suppliers and stakeholders. Please reach out to him with any questions on how he can provide counsel during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

In addition, Michael represents secured and unsecured creditors and other stakeholders in distressed businesses with such actions as foreclosure proceedings, preference and other bankruptcy-related litigation, collections and workout advice, and consensual refinancing or restructuring. He has also represented creditor committees (or individual committee members in larger cases) in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, as well as chapter 7 trustees and receivers.

Michael handles matters in a diverse range of industries, including technology, machinery dealers, hotel/hospitality, service providers, manufacturers, real estate developers and agriculture, among others.

COVID-19 Task Force Release for Commercial Landlords, March 18, 2020