Mr. Paul D. Leake

Paul D. Leake is a partner and the global head of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP?s Corporate Restructuring Group in New York. He has led numerous large and complex U.S. and cross-border corporate workouts and restructurings for debtors, commercial banks and bank groups, distressed investment funds and investors, noteholder committees and official creditors? committees. Mr. Leake focuses on advising U.S. and transnational businesses on chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings, secured financings, debtor-in-possession loans, distressed acquisitions and sales, and investments in troubled companies. He has led high-profile restructurings in most major industries, including retail, health care, oil and gas, shipping, mining, airlines, energy, publishing, telecom, satellite communications and real estate. He is regularly listed in rankings of leading restructuring lawyers in the U.S. and globally, including Chambers USA, Chambers Global, The Legal 500, K&A Restructuring Register, IFLR1000, The Best Lawyers in America and Turnarounds & Workouts. He has published and lectured extensively on U.S. and transnational insolvency matters. Mr. Leake is a member of the board of directors of Her Justice, a nonprofit organization that supports women living in poverty in New York City by recruiting and mentoring volunteer lawyers to provide free legal help to address individual and systemic legal barriers. He also is ABI?s Vice President-Publications and a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. Leake received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1985 and his J.D. from Columbia University in 1988.