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Experience and Background
Michael J. Sage represents ad hoc committees of bondholders, noteholders, term lenders and other creditors, official creditors' committees, individual creditors, acquirers, and debtors in bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court restructurings. He also has significant experience in the representation of financial institutions that have acquired substantial strategic positions in debt issued by troubled companies as well as the bankruptcies, out-of-court restructurings, and divestitures relating to such acquisitions.
Some examples of Mr. Sage's representations include one or more parties in interest in connection with the following: Adelphia Communications, Advanced Glass Fiber Yarns, Advanced Lighting, Aleris, Burke Industries, CIT Group, Classic Cable, Compass Aerospace, Dana Corporation, Desa Holdings, Formica, Galey & Lord, General Chemical, Hayes Lemmerz, High Voltage Engineering, Interco, Intermet, International Wire, JF Shea, Leiner Health, Loewen Group, Loral Space, Lyondell, Mirant, Mobile Energy, NextMedia, NSC/Pueblo, Pacific Aerospace, Panda Global Energy, PCA, Pliant, Precision Partners, Railworks, Refco, Regal Cinemas, Texas Petrochemical, TransTexas Gas, Tropical Sportswear, Viasystems Group, Visteon, Westpoint Stevens, Wilton Foods, Woods Equipment, WorldCom, Worldtex, and Ziff Davis.
Mr. Sage has been recognized as a "leading bondholder practitioner" in the 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 editions of Chambers USA, a referral guide to leading lawyers in the United States based on the opinions of peers and clients. He has also been listed in the K&A Restructuring Register's "America's Top 100 Restructuring Professionals" since 2006.
Professional Activities
Mr. Sage is a member of the New York State Bar Association and a Fellow in the American College of Investment Counsel.
Bar and Court Admissions
- Member, New York Bar
- Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
Education
University of Vermont, B.A., 1985
Emory University, J.D., cum laude, 1988
Publications and Lectures
Mr. Sage is a member of the Board of Contributors of The Bankruptcy Strategist and has authored several bankruptcy related articles appearing in Practicing Law Institute publications.
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