About Michael B. Fisco

Michael B. Fisco is Managing Shareholder of Greenberg Traurig’s Minneapolis office. Michael focuses his practice on corporate debt restructurings, bankruptcy, and related litigation matters. He has deep experience representing indenture trustees and investors in restructuring defaulted debt securities.

Michael is business minded and focused on maximizing recoveries. He works with clients to develop and implement cost-effective business strategies, including capital structure alternatives, corporate governance matters, and management incentive plans. When necessary, he has filed and confirmed creditor plans of reorganization on behalf of client constituencies. Over the course of his career, Michael has represented global asset management firms and leading U.S. banks in insolvency and financings, including corporate bonds, derivative products, and structured products in Asia, South America, and the United Kingdom.

Concentrations

•Fraud remediation and asset recovery
•Liquidating trusts
•Qualified settlement funds
•Agribusiness

Judicial Clerkships

•Hon. Robert J. Kressel, Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2024-2026
•Listed, Minnesota Monthly, “Top Lawyers in Minnesota,” 2023 and 2025
•Member, Winning Team, IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards, “Deal of the Year: Restructuring” for Boart Longyear, 2022
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0

 

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Services

Areas of Law

  • Finance
  • Other 5
    • Restructuring & Special Situations
    • Corporate Trust Services
    • Food, Beverage & Agribusiness
    • Distressed High-Yield Bond Workout Group
    • Asset Recovery & Fraud Remediation

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Corporate Trust Services: Representation of indenture trustee
    holders of $53 million of debt securities issued to construct a bio-mass power plant in East Texas, including litigation
    appeals relating to lien priorities
    state constitutional claims against the power plant assets.
    Representation of indenture trustee of $24 million of debt securities to construct a sports complex in Minnesota.
    Representation of trustee in the formation
    administration of qualified settlement funds.
    Representation of trustee in formation
    administration of various liquidating trusts established to monetize settlement payments, limited partnership assets, corporate tax refunds,
    other assets.
    Representation of indenture trustee in municipal bond default relating to private educational institution, including creating liquidating trust to monetize real estate collateral for the benefit of bondholders.
    Representation of indenture trustee in municipal bond default relating to senior housing facility
    worked with company
    bondholders to implement out-of-court, consensual monetization plan that resulted in payment in full of all bond obligations.
    Representation of indenture trustee in municipal bond default relating to senior housing facility
    worked with company
    bondholders to devise consensual plan for remedying defaults.
    Representation of bond trustee
    master trustee for holders of $194 million of debt securities issued by a hospital system, coordinating efforts with bondholders,
    liquidity providers on a competing plan of reorganization, resulting in sale of hospital facilities
    repayment in full of all bond
    credit obligations.
    Fraud Remediation
    Asset Recovery: Representation of trustee in investigation, out-of-court restructuring,
    monetization of illiquid trust assets stemming from $300 million fraud.
    Representation of chapter 7 trustee in pursuit of claims against former officers
    directors, secured lender,
    merger partner relating to the fraudulent seizure of the debtor's assets, resulting in payment in full of all creditor claims.
    Representation of trustee in offensive litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery relating to a complex fraud in ownership
    sale of business
    obtained $55 million preliminary injunction.
    Representation of chapter 7 trustee in investigation of officer, director,
    insider fraud claims.
    Bankruptcy
    Restructuring: Representation of trustee in cross-border restructuring of $300 million in senior secured corporate notes involving Australian scheme proceeding
    U.S. chapter 15 filing.
    Representation of secured lenders in connection with defaults under $60 million credit facility
    equipment finance arrangement with an oilfield services company.
    Representation of chapter 7 trustee in pursuing $30 million in preferential transfers relating to national products distribution company.
    Representation of secured lender in restructuring
    paydown of $30 million credit facility relating to multiple retail locations.
    Representation of secured lender in $30 million credit facility to commercial farming operation in restructuring of loan
    taking additional security (including wetl
    credits) through state-law mediation.
    Representation of creditor constituency in monetizing a vineyard
    distillery assets connected with a fraudulent ownership scheme.
    Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Antioch Companies/Creative Memories chapter 11 bankruptcy case, confirming creditor plan of liquidation resulted in a recovery of more than 45 percent for general unsecured creditors.
    Representation of equipment lessors with claims exceeding $8 million in chapter 11 bankruptcy
    obtained order authorizing administrative expenses for debtors' continued equipment use.
    Representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Distribution Dynamics Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, confirming creditor plan of liquidation pursuing more than 800 preferential transfers
    commenced more than 200 adversary proceedings to recover assets for unsecured creditors, resulting in a significant distribution to unsecured creditors.
    Representation of an international company regarding assumption
    assignment of an exclusivity agreement arising from the sale of a commodity brokerage business, including multiple litigation claims in the New York
    Minnesota state
    federal courts.
    Representation of offshore collateral agent to a Middle Eastern power plant. Administered claims
    rights of senior lenders in the United Kingdom
    India with a $2 billion claim in the Enron bankruptcy cases.
    Pro Bono
    Community Activities: Representation of minor in state court proceeding for termination of parental rights.
    Representation of non-profit youth soccer association in third party dispute regarding termination of various operational agreements.
    The above representations were h
    led by Mr. Fisco prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    Minnesota
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees
    •Advisory Board, Page Education Foundation, 2020-Present
    •Active involvement in development and presentation of constitutional amendment assuring a quality public education of all children in Minnesota.
    •Advisory Board, Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Mitchell Hamline School of Law
    Class of 1986
    J.D.
    with honors; Editor, Hamline Law Review
    Other Education
    University of Minnesota
    Class of 1983
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1959
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1959

Contact Michael B. Fisco

Share Holder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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MetLife Building, 90 South 7th St., Suite 3500Minneapolis, MN 55402U.S.A.

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  • Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?
    Michael B. Fisco is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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  • How many attorneys are in this law firm?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP has 2750 attorneys at this location.
  • What law school did this attorney attend?
    Michael B. Fisco attended Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
  • What year was this attorney's law firm established?
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.