Mr. Michael H. Goldstein

Michael H. Goldstein is a partner in Goodwin Procter LLP's Financial Institutions Group, co-chair of its Financial Restructuring Practice and a member of the firm's FinTech Practice in New York. He has represented debtors, sponsors, bondholders, creditors, committees and purchasers of distressed assets for 30 years in such industries as chemicals, finance, health care, hospitality, high-tech printing, munici- pal debt, real estate, retail and technology. Prior to joining Goodwin Procter in 2014, Mr. Goldstein was a partner at both Stutman, Treister & Glatt and Greenberg Traurig. He is a member of the American, Los Angeles County and Century City Bar Associations and is also a board member of the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors and the Financial Lawyers Conference. Mr. Goldstein is a fre- quent speaker on restructuring and insolvency-related topics, such as compensation of professionals, conflicts of interest, executory contracts in retail chapter 11 cases, expert testimony, litigating confirma- tion issues, municipal debt restructurings, second-lien debt, subprime lending and valuation. His article on "Navigating the Distressed Real Estate Workout: A General Overview" appeared in ABA Probate and Property magazine and was selected as the winner of the Best Practical Use Article. He is also a contributing author to chapter 9 of Collier on Bankruptcy and is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. Goldstein has been repeatedly listed in U.S. News-Best Lawyers (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigationâ??Bankruptcy) and selected as a Super Lawyer in Southern California and New York. He is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Goldstein received his B.S. magna cum laude from Franklin and Marshall College in 1981 and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1984.