Michael Langdon > MinterEllisonRuddWatts > Auckland, New Zealand > Lawyer Profile
MinterEllisonRuddWatts Offices
PWC TOWER, 15 CUSTOMS STREET WEST
PO BOX 105 249
AUCKLAND 1143
New Zealand
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Michael Langdon
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Michael is a highly regarded lawyer specialising in banking, financial law, property development, construction finance, restructuring, and insolvency. His in-depth experience spans domestic and cross-border financings.
Michael acts for local and international banks, mezzanine lenders, other financial institutions, corporate borrowers, directors, and insolvency practitioners.
Highly experienced in construction/development financings and commercial property, he assists major trading banks with syndicated and bi-lateral transactions and many of the mezzanine funders and developers with construction projects and property investments. His clients include BNZ, ANZ, ASB, Westpac, and Kiwibank, as well as multinational developers such as Icon Developments, Hengyi, and Newcrest.
Michael advises on solvent and insolvent restructuring/workouts, selling distressed debt and security, security enforcement, and recovery strategies. He assists insolvency practitioners in their role as receivers, voluntary administrators, and liquidators and on all aspects of insolvency law, security, trading, and asset disposal. He has acted for various distressed debtors, including JUCY Rental Group in the restructure and sale of its distressed rental and hotel business following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michael also advises directors (particularly on directors’ duties in a distressed context), unsecured creditors, and corporate borrowers on all aspects of financings, insolvency, and restructurings.
Languages
English
Education
LLB, BA, University of Auckland
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Competition law
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Labour and employment
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Transport (rail, road, air and sea)
- Projects and resources management (including environment)
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT