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Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Avi Luft
Work Department
Partner; Financial Restructuring
Position
Avi Luft is a committed restructuring litigator, taking the lead on all aspects of complex financial restructuring litigation matters. Having litigated some of the most complex chapter 11 cases and cross-border insolvencies, Avi focuses on impactful and creative advocacy to facilitate the strongest outcomes for his clients within the broader bankruptcy case or restructuring process. Avi frequently serves as lead trial counsel in bankruptcy and district courts throughout the country, and commonly advises clients on the litigation implications of restructuring decisions and corporate transactions.
Recent representations include Enviva, Ho Wan Kwok, Diamond Sports Group, 4D Factory, Celsius Network, Chesapeake Energy, Cred Inc., LATAM Airlines, Eagle Hospitality Trust, among others.
To learn more about Avi, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/avi-e-luft
Memberships
New York Bar
Education
B.A., Oberlin College, with honors, 1995; J.D., New York University School of Law, 1999
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Finance > Project finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism