William Hao

William Hao is counsel in Alston & Bird LLP’s Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group in New York. He is experienced in a wide range of bankruptcy, litigation and out-of-court restructuring matters. Mr. Hao represents secured creditors, hedge funds, trade creditors, lessors and lessees, and other parties-in-interest in distressed situations and in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings such as avoidance actions, claims litigation, and the assumption and rejection of contracts and leases. He also has extensive experience representing parties in securitizations and other structured finance products in distressed situations and in commercial litigation, and he regularly advises clients on bankruptcy issues in connection with finance and M&A transactions. Mr. Hao is the treasurer of the Asian American Bar Association of New York and a co-chair of its Commercial Bankruptcy and Restructuring Committee. He also serves as a co-chair of the Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Creditors’/Debtors’ Rights Committee of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Mr. Hao is a member of ABI, the Turnaround Management Association and the New York City Bar Association. He received his B.A. in 2001 from the University of Michigan, and his J.D. in 2005 and his LL.M. in 2007 from St. John’s University School of Law.