Profile
Work Department
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
Education
LLB, BA, University of Auckland
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Good cross over between commercial and dispute resolution disciplines in restructuring.'
- 'Strong mid-market position.’
- ‘Michael Langdon is a good communicator, easy to work with.’
- ‘Close knit team with a good mix of youth and experience, all highly capable.'
- 'All members have proven easy to deal with and commercial in their approach.'
- 'They are in the top few in NZ restructuring and insolvency firms.’
- ‘Sean Gollin leads the high calibre Minter Ellison restructuring and insolvency team. He is vastly experienced and capable, and has a highly capable and loyal team.’
- ‘Good insolvency team giving good service.’
Key clients
- ANZ
- ASB
- BNZ
- Westpac
- Rabobank
- HSBC
- PwC
- Deloitte
- KPMG
- BDO
- KordaMentha
- Grant Thornton
- LPF Group Limited