Michael John Wunder

Michael Wunder* is a partner in the Banking & Specialty Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency Groups at Cassels. Michael has extensive experience in both areas having practised for over 30 years, and he has been ranked as a leading lawyer by several major ranking publications including Lexpert and Best Lawyers . Michael’s practice encompasses (i) domestic and cross-border corporate and commercial lending transactions acting for single lenders, syndicates and borrower groups and (ii) domestic and cross-border commercial restructurings and the enforcement of secured and unsecured creditors’ rights. Michael advises Canadian and foreign financial institutions, hedge funds and other non-traditional lenders, and regularly acts as Canadian counsel with foreign law firms, in secured and unsecured financings and intercreditor arrangements. He has acted on a significant number of cross-border multi-currency transactions including cash flow and asset-based lending transactions and acquisition financings.

A trusted advisor to his clients, Michael provides strategic counsel on structuring and documenting complex financing transactions and is a Canadian practice leader in domestic and cross-border special situation loans, distressed debt loans, and debtor in possession financings.

Michael regularly acts as counsel in domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency transactions for secured and unsecured creditors, corporate debtors, lender groups, DIP lenders, creditor committees, institutional investors, and noteholder groups.