Susheel Kirpalani

Susheel founded the bankruptcy and restructuring practice at the firm. He has broad experience advising debtors, creditors, as a Court-appointed examiner and mediator, municipal restructuring as well as international insolvencies. He recently represented ad hoc groups of COFINA Senior and Lawful Constitutional Debt Coalition Bondholders during Puerto Rico’s financial crisis. In connection with the Puerto Rico matter, at the request of the Speaker of the House, Susheel worked on the bill and testified before Congress regarding the fairness of the restructuring title of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act, which was ultimately enacted into law. Susheel received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and B.A. in Economics from Queens College.