Practice Areas

Mike Doty has over 15 years of experience representing clients in complex, high stakes matters, including workouts, receiverships, out of court restructurings, bankruptcies, and litigation in various state and federal courts throughout the country.  A sample list of previous engagements is below.

Business Disputes

  • Represented one of the nation’s largest retailers in a $1.175B fraudulent conveyance action arising out of a leveraged buyout transaction.
  • Represented hedge fund Lender in connection with the termination of a $160 million defaulted credit facility.
  • Represented CDO trustee in litigation brought by CDO noteholders against CDO credit default swap provider.
  • Represented warehouse line of credit lender in disputes against various mortgage originator borrowers.

Debtor-Creditor Disputes

  • Represented owner trustee for approximately 75 residential mortgage-backed securitization trusts in asserting various claims against the bankruptcy estates of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates.
  • Represented secured creditor and contract counterparty in bankruptcy cases arising out of $244 million fraud perpetrated by principal of cattle feedlot.
  • Represented secured lender in chapter 15 bankruptcy involving an operating mine in the United States
  • Represented equipment lessor in connection with attempts by chapter 11 debtor to assume and assign lease.

Corporate Trust

  • Represented the owner trustee for approximately 30 residential mortgage-backed securitization trusts in evaluating and accepting a $4.5B settlement offer to resolve mortgage loan repurchase liabilities.
  • Represented trustee of approximately 60 life insurance premium finance trusts in connection with various issues.
  • Represented corporate trustee in investigating and unwinding a $200 million series of fraudulent transactions.
  • Represented indenture trustee in connection with liquidation of $2 billion collateralized debt obligation.

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