Co-Head of the Firm’s Environmental Practice, Mike Isby focuses on the environmental aspects of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and lending matters. His practice also includes environmental law compliance counseling. Mike has been recognized for environmental law proficiency in publications such as Chambers USA, where he has been praised by clients as being “very smart and diligent” and “a pleasure to work with.” Clients further lauded his ability to “see down the road further than others, approaching issues from a commercial perspective.”
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Accolades
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Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
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Who's Who Legal: Environment, The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers
Education
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Fordham University School of Law, 1986 J.D.
Fordham Law Review, Associate Editor
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Queens College of the City University of New York, 1983 B.A.
summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Associations
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- American Bar Association
Clerkships
- Hon. David N. Edelstein, United States District Judge, S.D.N.Y., 1986–1988
Admissions
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1989
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U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1988
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New York 1987
Mike Isby is Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Environmental Practice. His work focuses on the environmental aspects of mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and lending matters for companies around the globe. His practice also includes environmental law compliance counseling. Mike has been recognized for environmental law proficiency in publications such as Chambers USA, where he has been praised by clients as being “very smart and diligent” and “a pleasure to work with.” Clients further lauded his ability to “see down the road further than others, approaching issues from a commercial perspective.” He has also been recognized by Who's Who Legal: Environment, The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.
Mike received his B.A. from Queens College in 1983, summa cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 1986 where he was an Associate Editor of the Fordham Law Review. Mike served as a law clerk to the Honorable David N. Edelstein, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York, from 1986 to 1988.