Rakhee Patel

RAKHEE PATEL has more than two decades of experience guiding her clients through an array of distressed business situations and providing those clients with targeted and effective solutions. She creates practical solutions when advising public and private companies; clients all along the debt stack, from corporate debtors to equity holders; and stakeholders ranging from official committees to vendors to landlords in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Additionally, Rakhee represents parties in high-stakes bankruptcy litigation, including fraudulent transfer, preference, breach of fiduciary duty, discharge, dischargeability, and state law-based actions.

Selected industries in which Rakhee has provided restructuring advice include energy, hospitality (including lodging and multi-location restaurants), financial products, retail, distribution, manufacturing, aviation, and start-up ventures.

Rakhee routinely speaks at both local and statewide conferences as well as at seminars on bankruptcy, restructure, and workout topics, including a presentation on Sex Abuse Bankruptcies at the 28th Annual Jay L. Westbrook Bankruptcy Conference and on diversity issues including most recently to the U.S. India Chamber of Commerce.