Michael H. Schmidt is a Managing Director and member of the board of directors at Chaffe & Associates, Inc, a middle market financial services and investment banking firm.  Mr. Schmidt also heads the firm’s energy investment banking practice with an emphasis on the entire energy value chain including energy services, exploration and production, transition energy as well as midstream and downstream associated business.  Mr. Schmidt has worked on many financial restructurings, both in and out of court. Within Chapter 11 Bankruptcies, Mr. Schmidt has testified and provided expert witness testimony on serval occasions. In particular, he has sold assets of oil and gas companies through Section 363, or otherwise worked to disposed of assets through Plans of Reorganization, including those of TXCO Resources (Western District of Texas, San Antonio), VPR Operating (Western District of Texas, Austin), Buccaneer Energy (Eastern District of Texas, Victoria), Miller Energy Resources (District of Alaska), Venocco, LLC (District of Delaware), Furie Operating Alaska (District of Delaware) and Krewe Energy (Eastern District of Louisiana), to name a few.  Mr. Schmidt has also worked extensively in the maritime industry and has restructured several transportation related businesses including Bender Shipbuilding (Southern District of Alabama) and TrailerBridge (Middle District of Florida). Mr. Schmidt serves as an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business.