Jonathan Michels > White & Case LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
White & Case LLP Offices
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020-1095
NEW YORK
United States
Jonathan Michels

Position
Partner
Career
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
(Leading partners)With a strong track record of advising major financial institutions on issuances of senior secured term loans and multi-jurisdictional offerings, White & Case LLP has a network of offices across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The team specializes in assisting both issuers and underwriters on all elements of high-yield debt offerings, predominantly focusing upon the telecoms, financial services, and aviation fields. Operating out of New York, practice head Gary Kashar being an expert in public and private securities offerings and restructurings, while Jonathan Michels is highly knowledgeable in capital markets transactions and tender offers. Also in New York Rafael Roberti is well versed in structured debt financings and liability management proceedings, and Andrew Weisberg is very active in the energy, consumer products, and financial services spheres. Both Colin Diamond and Jim Fogarty left the department in 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Intellectual property > Copyright