Michael Akselrad is an associate in the Business Finance & Restructuring Department of Weil’s New York office. Mr. Akselrad received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his undergraduate degree in Economics at Hamilton College. Mr. Akselrad is a regular contributor to the Weil Bankruptcy Blog.
Mr. Akselrad has been a member of teams representing various parties in a number of in-court restructurings and other matters, including:
Company-side Experience:
- EP Energy Corporation and its affiliated debtors, a public oil and natural gas exploration and production company, in their chapter 11 cases involving approximately $4.9 billion in funded debt obligations.
- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its affiliates, the fourth largest investment bank in the world, in prosecuting the largest chapter 11 cases in history.