Adam Brenneman

Practice Areas

Adam Brenneman’s innovative work on complex cross-border transactions includes some of the region’s largest capital markets, special situations financing and restructuring transactions. He regularly works for issuers, underwriters and capital providers in transactions ranging from initial public offerings (IPOs), bond issuances, liability management transactions, loans, special situations and distressed investing and distressed exchange offers.

Career

Mr. Brenneman joined Milbank in 2025 as a partner in the firm’s Corporate Finance and Securities Group.

His work has been lauded by Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Latinvex, The Legal 500 Latin America, The Legal 500 US, IFLR1000 and others, and Turnarounds & Workouts spotlighted him as an “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer.”

He held a clerkship for Judge Juan Torruella in the US Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit.

Professional Memberships

Mr. Brenneman is a member of the New York Bar.

He is a founding editor of the Emerging Markets Restructuring Journal.

Mr. Brenneman is also a member of the SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance and served as faculty in a “Financial Institutions, Markets, and Transactions” training series.

Publications

“SPAC Bankruptcies,” (with Tom Kessler, Jack Massey and Katharine Ross), Turnarounds & Workouts, June 2023

“Bankers for SPAC Deals Cut Fees as Redemptions Rise,” Financial Times, March 2022

“Acting Director of SEC’s Corp Fin Issues Statement on Disclosure Risks Arising from De-SPAC Transactions,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, April 22, 2021

“You Have Options: The Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Insolvency Proceedings,” (co-author with David Schwartz), Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, October 1, 2017

“Turning Bust to Boom: P3 Initiatives Under PROMESA,” (co-author with Richard Cooper, Luke Barefoot and Antonio Pietrantoni), Law360, July 19, 2017

“A New World For LatAm Creditors: Insolvency Reform in Latin America,” Pratt’s Journal of Bankruptcy Law, June 2015

“U.S. State of Mind: How Latin American and other Non-U.S. Entities May Use Chapter 11 to Restructure Quickly,” Bloomberg BNA’s Bankruptcy Law Reporter, June 11, 2015

“Is Peru’s Insolvency System Ready for Foreign Creditors?” IFLR, January 6, 2015

“Chile’s Insolvency Reforms Proceed with Caution,” IFLR, July 8, 2014

“Airport Sales Take Off with LMM,” Project Finance International, May 21, 2013

“Six Restructuring Questions for LatAm Investors,” International Financial Law Review, May 1, 2013

“Expedited Restructurings in the U.S. and Select Latin American and Caribbean Jurisdictions,” Journal of Bankruptcy Law, November 1, 2011

Personal

Mr. Brenneman received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he was a member of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from George Washington University.

Languages Spoken

Fluent in English and Spanish.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as other jurisdictions.