Michael Abbey

About Michael Abbey

Cross-border transactional lawyer focused on finance and investment in emerging markets, including secured lending, private acquisitions, and private equity, debt and hedge fund formation.Areas of focus include: cross-border transactions, secured lending, private acquisitions, fund formation, private equity, private debt, alternative investments, hedge funds, international law, emerging markets, development finance institutions (e.g. OPIC, IFC, IADB, FMO), impact investing.

Experience

1. Partner

   Hills Stern Llp

   Jan 2006 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   HSM is a boutique law firm focused on private equity, venture capital and debt fund formation and investment; energy, natural resource and other project development and finance; private acquisitions; capitalization of financial sector entities; impact investing and social entrepreneurship; development finance institutions, export credit agencies and other governmental programs; and related strategic advisory services, in each case for transactions in the US and across the emerging markets.

Education

• University of Virginia School of Law

  JD (Law Review)

  1987 — 1989

• Duke University

  B.A., Public Policy Studies; Economics

• Duke University

  BA (magna cum laude), Public Policy Studies; Economics

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Secured Financing
• Foreign Investment
• Investments
• Structured Finance
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Law
• Emerging Markets
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Cross-Border Transactions
• Mergers
• Private Equity
• Due Diligence
• Mergers
• Joint Ventures
• Restructuring
• Corporate Governance
• Financial Structuring
• Project Finance
• International Law