Philip Abelson

Philip Abelson is a partner in the Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Practice at White & Case LLP in New York, where his practice focuses on debtors’ and creditors’ rights and corporate restructurings. He represents debtors, creditors, official and unofficial committees, bondholders and third parties in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Mr. Abelson has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360, and as a “Leading Lawyer” by Chambers USA. He has spoken on bankruptcy and governance issues, including on Debtwire’s panel on Puerto Rico in 2015; ABI’s New York City Bankruptcy Conference on municipal bankruptcies, insolvencies and restructurings in 2014; and the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section Spring Meeting on chapter 11 current developments in 2013, among others. He also attended the working group session (model insolvency law) of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law at the United Nations on behalf of the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Abelson received his B.A. from Indiana University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.