Meredith A. Lahaie

Meredith A. Lahaie is a partner with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in New York and San Francisco. She represents debtors, creditors, bondholders, debtor-in-possession lenders and acquirers of businesses and assets in large, complex chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. Ranked as one of the industry’s leading restructuring lawyers by Chambers USA and Legal 500, and recently named one of The Deal’s Top Women Dealmakers in Restructuring, Ms. Lahaie advises on complex restructuring cases of all sizes, both in and out of court, and has handled matters for clients in industries as varied as real estate, retail, energy, shipping and entertainment. She is regarded as one of the industry’s leading young restructuring lawyers, and in the last five years deals in which she played a central role have been recognized with 14 awards. Following law school, Ms. Lahaie clerked for Hon. Adlai S. Hardin in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. She received her B.A. magna cum laude in 2002 from Tufts University and her J.D. in 2005 from the University of Connecticut School of Law.