Stephen M. Blank

Stephen M. Blank is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group in New York. He counsels borrowers, lenders, investors, agents, ad hoc lender groups and creditors on distressed and non distressed financial situations, including debt-restructurings and workouts, financing and securitization transactions, and distressed merger and acquisition transactions. Mr. Blank's practice also encompasses in- and out-of-court restructurings, forbearance arrangements, debt-for-equity exchanges, intercreditor arrangements, agreements among lenders, § 363 asset sales, out-of-court distressed investing, and chapter 15 and cross-border proceedings. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in its “Ones to Watch” list for his work in Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Mr. Blank received his Bachelor’s degree in history from the Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. cum laude from Brooklyn Law School, where he served as managing editor of its Journal of Law & Policy.