Michael Barrie

Michael enjoys a multi-disciplined transactional and litigation practice, with an emphasis on complex commercial real estate matters.

Michael focuses on representing clients in real estate finance, capital markets, and joint venture transactions, as well as all clients generally in complex commercial, partnership, insolvency, and bankruptcy related dispute resolution and litigation. Michael achieves maximum value and effectiveness for his clients by developing and executing a strategically tailored, pragmatic approach to each engagement. His twenty plus years of transactional and litigation experience uniquely allows him to effectively and holistically counsel clients as a trusted partner in navigating all aspects of leveraged finance and risk; from initial diligence, structuring, and closing, through securitization, sale, agency and co-lender participation, workout, and, should the need arise, enforcement and litigation.

In his transactional practice, Michael advises lenders, capital partners, borrowers, and sponsors in connection with traditional and alternative debt investments, such as bridge lending, leveraged finance, preferred equity investment, joint venture, and capital market transactions.

Michael also frequently litigates in Federal and state courts nationwide, including bankruptcy courts and Delaware’s Chancery Court, and has served as lead counsel in dozens of jury trials, bench trials, and hearings. Michael has also litigated and argued numerous appeals in the intermediate appellate courts of California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, the highest appellate courts of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio, and West Virginia, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, and Sixth Circuits.

Member, Commercial Real Estate Finance Council

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Member, Delaware Bar Association

Member, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference

Member, Delaware Bankruptcy Inns of Court

Member, Defense Research Institute

Member, American Bankruptcy Institute

Member, Transportation Law Association

Member, Turnaround Management Association

Rutgers University School of Law

University of Maryland

Listed, Best Lawyers® “Best Lawyer®”, Bankruptcy Litigation

2025