The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers

We are delighted to introduce The Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers for 2024.

The ladies and lords of leverage, the countesses of cramdown, the barons of bankruptcy. These lawyers help companies, their financiers, suppliers and the universe of everyone impacted when companies go bust, need to transition or work through difficulties.

We selected this guide through our time-honed process combining robust nominations – for which we are very grateful – independent research and vetting with peers. Those included are traditional bankruptcy lawyers, specialists in leveraged finance and restructuring, and litigators well-versed in financial litigation and distress.

These are the lawyers who can make all the difference for a business, debtor or creditor and have done so time and time again. They reflect the move away from the more extreme boom and bust cycles of bankruptcy practice to a more sustained reality of leverage as a financial tool – wanted or not – throughout economic cycles in a global economy. While most practice in major cities and represent massive international interests, others reflect today’s reality that every business, no matter where they are, embodies layers and layers of complexity and reality, all of which must be balanced to thrive.

This guide is 38 percent female and 18 percent inclusive. Those noted with an asterisk are members of our esteemed Hall of Fame.