Ms Elizabeth R. McColm > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
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Ms Elizabeth R. McColm
Work Department
Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization
Position
Education
LL.B., University of Western Australia, 1994 with honors
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
(Leading lawyers)Elizabeth McColm –Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Paul Basta and Andrew Rosenberg are among the co-chairs at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP‘s restructuring practice, which represents a wide range of clients, including debtors and distressed companies, fulcrum creditor groups, equity sponsors, and distressed asset investors, across a broad spectrum of industries in relation to major restructurings both in and out of court. Alan Kornberg continues to lead on high-profile matters, while co-chair Brian Hermann played a key role in the prepackaged chapter 11 case of Salem Harbor Power Development. Deputy chair Alice Eaton specializes in postpetition and exit financings and stands out for her contribution in the Revlon, Mallinckrodt, and Talen Energy Supply reorganizations. Andrew Parlen represents public and private companies, ad hoc groups of creditors, and investors in a variety of distressed situations, while Elizabeth McColm has played a key role in the recapitalization of CHC Group LLC as well as in the practice’s representation of Lion Capital, as secured lender and equity sponsor, in the chapter 11 case of jewelry company Alex and Ani. Kyle Kimpler handles bankruptcy-related litigation and insolvency issues involving structured finance and derivative transactions. All lawyers are based in New York.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)