Rachael L. Ringer

Rachael L. Ringer is a partner with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in New York and has played a prominent role in advising on many of the largest bankruptcies and restructurings in recent years across a diverse range of industries, including retail, financial services, oil and gas services, biopharmaceuticals, shipping and health care. She handles high-stakes and complex bankruptcy matters on behalf of creditors’ committees, bondholder/creditor groups and companies. Ms. Ringer’s recent representations include leading the representation of the parent ad hoc claimant group in the cross-border case of LATAM Airlines, which successfully emerged from bankruptcy in November 2023, facilitated by nearly $4 billion in exit capital backstopped by the parent ad hoc claimant group after prevailing in multiple litigations before the bankruptcy court and appellate courts (including the Second Circuit). She also is currently representing the official creditors’ committees in the Rite Aid and Endo Pharmaceuticals bankruptcies, each of which involves numerous cutting-edge litigations as well as issues attendant to mass tort cases. Ms. Ringer represented the Boy Scouts of America official creditors’ committee and represents the ad hoc committee of governmental claimants in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy cases. She also has recently represented the GenesisCare, Aegerion, Hexion and Toys “R” Us creditors’ committees, as well as a large lender in the Nine West bankruptcy. Ms. Ringer regularly advises hedge funds in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings and sale transactions, as well as on investments in distressed credits with complex capital structures. She received her B.A. with high distinction from the University of Michigan in 2007 and her J.D. cum laude in 2010 from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, receiving the ABI Medal of Excellence in Bankruptcy.