Michael K. Gocksch

Associate

Michael Gocksch is a restructuring lawyer who advises clients on transactions and disputes involving financial distress. His practice spans creditor and debtor-side engagements, focusing primarily on advising lenders, creditors, and business partners of distressed companies. Michael helps clients protect their interests and maximize value through out-of-court negotiations and workouts, creditors’ rights litigation, and formal insolvency proceedings, including Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and receiverships. He represents clients in complex litigation in trial courts and on appeal. Additionally, Michael has advised clients in restructuring transactions and the purchase and sale of distressed assets.

  • Represented defendant in Third Circuit appeal overturning $7 million preference judgment
  • Represented investment fund in litigation arising from Chapter 11 case of counterparty to biopharma royalty sale transaction
  • Represented Connecticut Insurance Commissioner as receiver of financially distressed insurer in state-court insolvency proceedings
  • Represented multi-employer pension plan in pursuing ERISA withdrawal liability claims arising from participating employer’s bankruptcy, resulting in $75 million settlement
  • Represented largest unsecured creditor in Chapter 11 proceedings of global food company
  • Represented senior secured lenders under asset-backed facility in Chapter 11 proceedings of logistics technology company
  • Advised third-party claims administrator on bankruptcy matters and risk management
  • Harvard Law School, 2017, J.D., cum laude
  • Yale University, 2012, B.A.
  • Massachusetts
  • California
  • New York
  • US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • Clerkship to Judge Dennis Jacobs of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2019 - 2020)

Member, American Bankruptcy Institute