Abhilash M. Raval has been a partner in the New York office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy since 2007. He is a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group.
Primary Focus & Experience
He has extensive experience representing debtors, statutory or official committees, creditors and other stakeholders in all aspects of reorganization cases, liquidation cases and out-of-court workouts. Mr. Raval also regularly represents private equity funds and hedge funds in all aspects of acquiring control positions in financially distressed companies, whether through a chapter 11 process or otherwise. He covers a broad range of industries and also regularly represents prospective lenders in structuring high risk “rescue financings” and chapter 11 “DIP” and “Exit” financings.
Recognition & Accomplishments
Mr. Raval has been listed in Chambers USA (2009, 2010 and 2011) for Bankruptcy/Restructuring and in Turnaround & Workouts as an Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer. He is also recognized as a leading lawyer for restructuring and insolvency in IFLR 1000.
Mr. Raval received a J.D. from Harvard Law School, cum laude, in 1997 and an A.B. in Economics from Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, in 1994.