Samuel Khalil

Partner

Contact
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New York

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New York, NY US 10001-2163

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Samuel A. Khalil is a partner in the New York office of Milbank and co-head of the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group.

Primary Focus & Experience

Mr. Khalil has extensive experience representing debtors and creditors in complex chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings in the US and abroad.  Throughout his career, Mr. Khalil has played a leading role in many of the largest and precedent-setting restructurings across a wide array of industries, including energy, telecommunications, shipping, chemicals, airline, healthcare, financial services, automotive, pharmaceuticals, satellite, retail, and real estate. 

Select representations:

Envision Healthcare Corp. (counsel to largest secured creditor); Ebix (counsel to Zinnia, an Eldridge company, in connection with the acquisition of Ebix’s life and annuity assets); J.Crew Group, Inc. (counsel to certain financial institutions holding secured term loans and senior secured notes); Frontier Communications Corp. (counsel to ad hoc unsecured noteholders);; Pacific Gas & Electric (counsel to official committee of unsecured creditors); Windstream Holdings, Inc. (ad hoc committee of secured noteholders);; Natural Resource Partners (counsel to an ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors); Vanguard Natural Resources (counsel to an ad hoc committee of unsecured noteholders); W&T Offshore (counsel to certain holders of debt in connection with out-of-court restructuring); Samson Resources (counsel to KKR as sponsor); Penn Virginia (counsel to unofficial committee of bondholders); Energy XXI (counsel to an ad hoc committee of second lien noteholders); Ultra Petroleum (counsel to an ad hoc committee of unsecured creditors); Midstates Petroleum (counsel to exchanging noteholders); Lyondell Chemical Company (counsel to an ad hoc committee of senior secured lenders); Momentive Performance Materials (counsel to an ad hoc group of second lien debtholders).

Recognition & Accomplishments

Mr. Khalil is recognized by Chambers, IFLR1000, and Legal 500. He is currently ranked by Chambers USA for NY Bankruptcy/Restructuring, where clients have described him as “very accessible, creative in his approach and thoughtful." Legal 500 also named him a Next Generation Partner from 2017 – 2022. Turnarounds & Workouts recognized Mr. Khalil as an “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer – 2023” and an “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer – 2015.” He is also a co-author of the chapter “Trends in DIP Financing in the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis of 2008-2009” in Collier Guide to Chapter 11 (2010).

Additional Details
Education
  • Hofstra Law, J.D.
  • Hofstra University, B.A.
Admissions
  • New York
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York