Michael Disney Bio

Michael Disney advises on corporate law, capital markets, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and investment funds, banking and gaming. A substantial part of his practice focuses on third-party legal opinions for commercial transactions – particularly secured financing deals. Michael regularly prepares, negotiates and reviews our firm’s opinions, as well as those of firms on the other side of our clients’ transactions. A frequent teacher, lecturer and writer on legal opinions, Michael oversees our firm’s resources, quality control and risk management for giving legal opinions. He regularly participates in initiatives to improve opinions practice and to educate the profession on third-party legal opinions. In addition, Michael has written extensively on corporate law issues and is frequently involved in research into corporate and commercial legal issues that arise in the firm’s practice.