MICHAEL SCHLINKERT’s practice focuses on commercial debt financing transactions, especially within the energy, infrastructure, and financial sectors. Michael represents sponsors, borrowers, and lenders across a broad range of financial transactions, including syndicated acquisition financings, securitizations, debtor-in-possession and emergence financings, project financings, direct lending facilities, and blended finance structures, among others. He also has significant experience advising sponsors and companies on strategy related to complex financial matters, including liability management options, liquidity preservation, and workouts.
Michael previously served as assistant general counsel for an international development financial institution, acting as the institution’s primary in-house representation for various development financing transactions and advising on matters of legal transaction structure and risk mitigation. He also has experience working on debt finance transactions at other large international law firms.
Michael graduated magna cum laude from Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas, where he also served on the SMU Law Review and as the student program director of the academic success program. While attending SMU, Michael had the opportunity to study international and comparative law at University College, in Oxford, England. Michael also holds a B.A. in psychology from the University of Texas at Arlington.