Michael J. Lyon - Akrivis Law Group, PLLC

Senior Counsel
Washington, DC
+1.202.730.1271
[email protected]


Education:

J.D., cum laude,
Harvard University

B.A., Summa Cum Laude, History & Economics
Brandeis University

General Course,
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia
Illinois



As Senior Counsel, Michael Lyon’s leads Akrivis’s corporate practice, advising clients on international transactions and legal due diligence support, as well as assisting on U.S. sanctions and export control advisory, corporate governance, and alternative dispute resolution matters. He leverages his years of varied experience in the private and public sector, including working in 100 different countries, and in a senior position in the U.S. government, delivering impactful, cost-conscious solutions.

Recent representative matters include:

  1. Assisting an Asian-based client in collecting delinquent receivables from a former U.S. principal counterparty
  2. Advising on key sanctions advice to foreign based clients in the financial services sector
  3. Draft Guarantee for Saudi corporate client lending to a U.S.-based subsidiary
  4. Advising African client on export control issues pertaining to service of private aircraft

Previously, Mr. Lyon has served as General Counsel for four companies, including the largest U.S. real estate workout firm and two space-sector companies. He has also served in a senior position in the U.S. government, working as the Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the RTC during the Savings & Loan Financial Crisis – working on resolving the failure of more than 700 banking institutions.

Mr. Lyon also  practiced at Covington & Burling, a leading international Washington, DC-based global firm, and has experience working at major law firms in London and Sydney.

Beyond his legal experience, Mr. Lyon brings high-level expertise with technology startups (especially space and ocean tech related), and business mediation. Mr. Lyon is a business lawyer, and has served for seven years as a mentor to tech startups in the Creative Destruction Lab accelerator program at the University of Toronto. Mr. Lyon brings this business experience to address complex business issues.