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Paul Leake

Global 2026

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates

Ranked in 1 practice area

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

USA

15 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Paul Leake is the global head of Skadden’s Corporate Restructuring Group. 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, note-holder committees and official creditors’ committees. His areas of focus include advising U.S. and transnational businesses on Chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations, out-of-court restructurings, secured financings, distressed acquisitions and investments in troubled companies in industries such as retail, shipping, mining, airlines, energy, healthcare, publishing, satellite communications and real estate.

Personal

Columbia University School of Law (JD, 1988); Amherst College (BA, 1985).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Bankruptcy/Restructuring - USA

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Paul Leake acts for clients on both the debtor and creditor sides on matters across industries including healthcare, retail and media. He is adept at handling out-of-court restructurings as well as Chapter 11 proceedings and related transactions.

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Strengths

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Paul has been exceptional in all aspects of his role.
Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Global Guide
He's willing to put in the extra effort and is very commercial in getting a difficult transaction completed.
Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Global Guide
Paul does an amazing job finding consensus.
Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Global Guide

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