Adam Lavine

Adam M. Lavine is a lawyer with Kobre & Kim LLP in New York, where he represents debtors, creditors, board members and other stakeholders in insolvency-related disputes and investigations, often serving as special litigation counsel to participants in cross-border chapter 11 and chapter 15 proceedings. He also represents distressed debt funds, private-equity funds and other institutional investors in high-stakes civil disputes concerning distressed transactions, secured and unsecured debt, and other litigation in the financial markets. In cases involving fraud, misconduct or asset-concealment, Mr. Lavine frequently works with the firm’s asset-recovery specialists on the monetization and pursuit of high-value claims against principals and stakeholders, often on behalf of bankruptcy trustees or other insolvency administrators. Before joining Kobre & Kim, he practiced in Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s restructuring group, where he focused on representing debtors in out-of-court and chapter 11 restructurings and advised on distressed M&A transactions. Mr. Lavine is a member of the International Insolvency Institute’s NextGen Leadership Program, Legal Services NYC Pro Bono Associate Advisory Board and theNew York City Bar Association. He received the New York State Bar Association’s President’s Pro BonoService Award in 2012. Mr. Lavine received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D.from New York University School of Law.