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About
Provided by Michael Timpone
Practice Areas
Maritime and Transportation Finance, Corporate Finance, and Business Transactions (M&A/Private Equity).
Career
Michael Timpone is a partner in the Corporate Finance and Business Transactions Groups and the head of the Firm’s Transportation Finance Group, a cross section of attorneys within the Firm from the Corporate Finance, Corporate Securities, Litigation and Tax Departments with expertise on matters of interest to clients in the transportation industry. He devotes most of his time to the representation of U.S. and non-U.S. banks and other institutional lenders in connection with secured loans and other financing transactions, as well as corporations and other business entities as borrowers in these transactions. Mike works on matters ranging from the formation of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, asset finance transactions, registered and unregistered securities transactions, to restructurings. Mike has spent his entire legal career at Seward & Kissel.
Professional Memberships
Chair of the Marine Financing Committee for the Maritime Law Association of the U.S., Member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Bar Association and the Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Personal
BA Degree, with honors, Rutgers College
JD Degree from Fordham University School of Law
Chambers Review
Global
Michael Timpone is based in New York and heads the firm's transportation finance group. He regularly represents US and non-US clients in multi-jurisdictional financing matters, joint ventures, M&A, restructurings and securities transactions.
Michael Timpone is a New York-based practitioner who is highlighted for his expertise in advising on shipping finance. He is able to act across the space, representing both borrower and lender-side clients.
Mike Timpone is a well-reputed practitioner in the area of shipping finance, with a strong track record of acting on behalf of major financial institutions. He has notable experience of high-value vessel transactions with notable Liberian law aspects and operates out of New York.
Michael Timpone of Seward & Kissel LLP is based in New York and is well regarded as a shipping finance specialist with a keen Marshall Islands law practice. He regularly advises banks and shipping companies on joint ventures, financings and refinancings with a Marshall Islands legal aspect.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Michael Timpone is my first call from a legal perspective. He goes above and beyond expectations, simplifies complex situations and is a trusted adviser."
"Michael Timpone is my first call from a legal perspective. He goes above and beyond expectations, simplifies complex situations and is a trusted adviser."
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