Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Restructuring and insolvency

Partner

Madlyn has more than 25 years of experience representing lending groups, global financial institutions, creditors’ committees, private equity funds and hedge funds in contentious Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court insolvency matters, workouts and restructurings, pre-arranged Chapter 11 cases, and related litigation matters. Madlyn brings a disciplined and highly intellectual approach to her matters. She has substantial cross-border insolvency experience (including Chapter 15 cases and parallel proceedings) and routinely handles the accompanying litigation. Madlyn is regularly called upon by her clients to act as “first chair” trial counsel.

Madlyn is ranked as a leading attorney in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers and Expert Guides – Women in Business Law. She has also been named the “Best in Insolvency and Restructuring” – Americas Women in Business Law Awards (2016) by Euromoney. Prior to joining Freshfields, Madlyn was a member of the bankruptcy & restructuring group at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP focusing on restructuring and related litigation, commercial litigation, Chapter 15, distressed structured products and asset acquisitions. 

Member, SDNY Register of Mediators Member, The New York Conference Advisory Board Member, The American Bankruptcy Institute Member, The New York Regional Board of Anti-Defamation League Appointed to the President’s Council of Cornell Women

JD, Harlan Fiske Stone scholar, Columbia Law School BA, magna cum laude, Cornell University