Kelly DiBlasi

Kelly DiBlasi is a partner in the Business Finance & Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, where her practice focuses on debtors, creditors and equity interest-holders in all areas of domestic and international restructurings and crisis management, both in and out of court. Currently, she is representing Waypoint Holdings Ltd. in its chapter 11 cases, National Public Finance Guarantee Corp. in connection with the Title III cases of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and certain of its instrumentalities, and LEGO as a significant creditor in the Toys “R” Us chapter 11 cases, among other engagements. From 2023-24, Ms. DiBlasi was recognized as a “Notable Practitioner” for Restructuring and Insolvency in the U.S. by IFLR1000, and she was named to Lawdragon 500’s X – The Next Generation list, named among the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers by Lawdragon (2020, 2022-24), and “recommended” for Restructuring by Legal 500 (2023-24). In 2022, she was named an “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer” by Turnarounds & Workouts and a “Rising Star” for Restructuring and Insolvency in the U.S. by IFLR1000 (2020 and 2022). In 2018, she was named one of ABI’s “40 Under 40” honorees and was recognized by the New York Law Journal as one if its “Rising Stars.” Ms. DiBlasi’s pro bono work also has included assisting a nonprofit entity in connection with its out-of-court restructuring. She has served as a teacher’s assistant at Cardozo School of Law and Harvard Law School, and she frequently presents at bankruptcy seminars and participates in a variety of firm activities and initiatives focused on training, mentoring, recruiting and diversity. Ms. DiBlasi received her B.A. in 2001 from Colgate University and her J.D. in 2004 from Fordham University School of Law.