Michael C. Godbe

Associate

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Tel: +1 212 909 6614

Overview

Mr. Godbe is a corporate associate and a member of the firm’s Restructuring and Special Situations Groups. Mr. Godbe joined Debevoise in 2021. ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- Hawaiian Airlines in its exchange offer of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 for $985 million aggregate principal amount of 11.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 and cash and related consent solicitation, which closed on July 26, 2024.
- Certain holders of second lien term loans issued by Integro Parent Inc., part of Tysers Insurance Brokers, Ltd., a leading Lloyds independent broker, in a transaction under which AUB Group Limited will acquire Tysers from Odyssey Investment Partners for $615.2 million.

Education

Columbia Law School, 2017, J.D.
University of Southern California, 2014, B.A.

Mr. Godbe is a corporate associate and a member of the firm’s Restructuring and Special Situations Groups.Mr. Godbe joined Debevoise in 2021. Mr. Godbe received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent scholar, a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, and a Hamilton Fellow. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Southern California, where he was a Presidential Scholar, Varsity Student Athlete, and elected to Phi Beta Kappa.Mr. Godbe is co-author of “When Post-Bar Date Amendment of a Proof of Claim Is Permissible,” ABI Journal (January, 2024); “Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses How Bankruptcy Courts Will Measure Customer Crypto Claims,” CLS Blue Sky Blog (October, 2022); “Ultra III: Make Whole Never Dies” (Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, April/May 2020) and “Safe Harbor Re-Opened? SDNY Revisits Merit Management” (Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, July/August 2018).Mr. Godbe is a member of the Bar of the State of New York and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.