Michael E Niebruegge

Practice Areas

Michael Niebruegge is a member of the Finance Department and focuses on corporate, finance, bankruptcy and workout matters, primarily in the energy and mining industries. He has substantial experience representing the leading global credit providers and financial advisors to oil and gas producers, refiners, midstream businesses and oil field service providers, as well as companies engaged principally in service and extractive businesses.

Michael regularly negotiates and documents secured lending transactions, including senior, second lien, third lien and mezzanine loans; syndicated loans; project loans; securitizations; volumetric production payments and net profits interests; and structured commodity agreements. He frequently negotiates and documents complex intercreditor arrangements. He also manages disputes among creditors and debtors; negotiates and documents debt restructurings; and advises on lease acquisitions and sales, joint operating agreements, and other energy issues.

Personal

Cornell Law School, J.D., 1977

Harvard College, A.B., 1974

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