Michael S. Timpone
Partner
Seward & Kissel
Mike Timpone is a member of Seward & Kissel's Corporate Finance, Transportation Finance and Business Transactions practice groups. An international leader in ship finance transactions, he devotes most of his time to the activities of clients in the transportation, in particular, shipping sector. He has extensive experience covering offshore, brown (coastal) water, and blue (ocean) water operations-all subject to different legal authorities and bodies of law, and his work includes asset finance transactions, the formation of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, registered and unregistered securities transactions, and outside-the-box restructurings.
Mr. Timpone is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the U.S. and currently serves as the Chair of the Marine Financing Committee Mr. Timpone is also a Member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association.
He is recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global in Transportation: Shipping: Finance, as well as by New York Super Lawyer.
Mr. Timpone received a B.A. with honors, from Rutgers College and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.