Mike Timpone
Partner

Overview
Mike Timpone is an asset finance attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office and serves as co-chair of the Maritime Industry Team as well as head of the Transportation Finance Team. Mr. Timpone focuses his practice on the representation of lenders and borrowers in secured loans and other financings in the maritime industry. He also regularly advises on the formation of joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), asset finance transactions, securities transactions and restructurings.
Mr. Timpone is a renowned maritime attorney who has dedicated his career to advising leading industry stakeholders on critical financings and transactions. His work has influenced significant trends that shape the current maritime sector.
As a leader in his field, Mr. Timpone has guided his clients, including banks and shipowners, through multiple economic cycles and industry consolidations. Several significant transactions that Mr. Timpone has executed have won industry honors, including the Lloyd's List Americas "Deal of the Year" Award and the Marine Money "Deal of the Year" Award each year since 2020.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Timpone was an attorney at a leading New York law firm, where he led its maritime and transportation practice.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D.
- Rutgers University, B.A., with high honors
- New York
- Maritime Law Association of the United States (MLAUS), Marine Financing Committee, Chair, 2017
- The Best Lawyers in America guide, Admiralty and Maritime Law, 2019-2024
- Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Transportation: Shipping/Maritime: Finance, 2012-2024; Up and Coming, Transportation: Shipping: Finance, 2011; Associate to Watch, Transportation: Shipping: Finance, 2009-2010
- Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Transportation: Shipping: Finance, 2015-2025
- The Legal 500 USA, Transport: Shipping – Finance, Hall of Fame, 2024; Leading Lawyer, 2023
- New York Super Lawyers magazine, Transportation & Maritime, 2012-2024