LAWYER PROFILE
Samuel Khalil

Samuel Khalil

USA 2026

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Samuel A. Khalil is a partner in the New York office of Milbank and co-head of the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group.

A partner for over 10 years, Mr. Khalil has worked on many of the largest, most complex and precedent-setting corporate restructurings and bankruptcies. His engagements have ranged across a wide array of industries, including energy, telecommunications, shipping, chemicals, airline, financial services, automotive, pharmaceuticals, satellite, retail, and real estate.

Mr. Khalil ‘s representations have included, among others:

Envision Healthcare Corp. (counsel to largest secured creditor); Ebix (counsel to Zinnia, an Eldridge company, in connection with the acquisition of Ebix’s life and annuity assets); J.Crew Group, Inc. (counsel to certain financial institutions holding secured term loans and senior secured notes); Frontier Communications Corp. (counsel to ad hoc unsecured noteholders); Pacific Gas & Electric (counsel to official committee of unsecured creditors); Windstream Holdings, Inc. (ad hoc committee of secured noteholders); Natural Resource Partners (counsel to an ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors); Vanguard Natural Resources (counsel to an ad hoc committee of unsecured noteholders); W&T Offshore (counsel to certain holders of debt in connection with out-of-court restructuring); Samson Resources (counsel to KKR as sponsor); Penn Virginia (counsel to unofficial committee of bondholders); Energy XXI (counsel to an ad hoc committee of second lien noteholders); Ultra Petroleum (counsel to an ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors); Midstates Petroleum (counsel to exchanging noteholders); Lyondell Chemical Company (counsel to an ad hoc committee of senior secured lenders); Momentive Performance Materials (counsel to an ad hoc group of second lien debtholders).

Publications

Co-author of the chapter “Trends in DIP Financing in the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis of 2008-2009” in Collier Guide to Chapter 11 (2010).

Personal

Hofstra Law, J.D.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Bankruptcy/Restructuring - New York

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Individual Editorial

Samuel Khalil represents creditors' committees and noteholders in bankruptcy matters across industries such as energy, aviation and telecommunications.

Strengths

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  • Samuel is very intelligent and highly skilled regarding both legal and negotiating strategy. He is also very personable and enjoyable work with.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Guide to the USA
  • Sam is calm, thoughtful and skilled at getting to meaningful conclusions. He is truly unflappable. He brings experience and a deep ability to listen and process the unique elements of our needs.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Guide to the USA
  • He is brilliant in layering strategy on top of his legal advice.

    Bankruptcy/RestructuringChambers Guide to the USA

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