Lisa M Schweitzer

Practice Areas

Lisa advises clients in some of the most high-profile bankruptcy matters, including the first-of-its-kind cross-border restructuring of LATAM Airlines Group, which recently received multiple deal of the year awards for its complexity and innovation. Lisa has extensive experience advising corporate debtors, individual creditors, committees, and strategic investors in both U.S. Chapter 11 proceedings and restructurings in other jurisdictions in the Americas, as well as Europe and Asia. She also leads companies in multimillion and billion dollar buy and sell side distressed M&A transactions, and litigates multibillion dollar case-dispositive disputes in high-stakes bankruptcy proceedings. Additionally, Lisa is well-regarded in the restructuring community, co-chairing the International Insolvency Institute’s Programs and Meetings Committee as well as serving as Secretary of the American College of Bankruptcy’s ACB Foundation.

Career

Lisa joined the firm in 1996 and became a partner in 2006. New York University School of Law (1996); University of Pennsylvania (1991).

Professional Memberships

Member, Attorney Liaison Group, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and Office of the United States Trustee for Region 2

Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy

Director, Mobilization for Justice (formerly MFY Legal Services, Inc.)

Member, New York and New Jersey Bars