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Paul Leake is global head of Skadden’s corporate restructuring practice. He has led numerous large and complex U.S. and cross-border restructurings for debtors, bank groups, distressed investment funds and investors, noteholder committee and official creditors’ committees. Most recently, he led the restructuring of Endo International PLC in its transnational chapter 11 cases involving over $8 billion of debt and trillions of dollars of alleged mass tort claims. His areas of focus include chapter 11 reorganizations, 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.
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Columbia University School of Law (JD, 1988); Amherst College (BA, 1985).
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Paul Leake is experienced in both domestic and international bankruptcy matters, regularly acting for clients including bondholders, debtors and administrative agents.
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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"Paul is an amazing service provider."
"Paul is the consummate strategist."
"He sees the whole scene and is always a couple of steps ahead."
"Paul is an amazing service provider."
"Paul is the consummate strategist."
"He sees the whole scene and is always a couple of steps ahead."
"Paul is an amazing service provider."
"Paul is the consummate strategist."
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