Kyle is, first and foremost, a successful and very highly regarded restructuring attorney who is practicing at the peak of his profession. [He also] has consistently recognized the importance of giving his time, efforts, and financial support back to the community.
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Kyle J. Ortiz</strong> is a partner with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP in New York and has represented debtors in some of the most complex corporate restructurings of the last decade, including Endo Pharmaceutical, LATAM Airlines, Greensill Capital, Trident Holding Company, Synergy Pharmaceutical, Pacific Drilling and Westinghouse. He brings nearly 15 years of corporate restructuring experience to his work advising debtors, creditors and other parties in interest in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings. In his creditor-side work, Mr. Ortiz represents creditors and lenders, particularly in restructurings across a variety of sectors. Recently, he represented a group of creditors in obtaining approval of a creditor-sponsored chapter 11 plan in the Eletson Holdings chapter 11 cases. Mr. Ortiz has been named in <em>Chambers USA New York</em> for Bankruptcy/Restructuring since 2021, and as a “New York Metro Super Lawyer” in <em>Bankruptcy: Business</em> since 2017. He is a 2018 ABI “40 Under 40” honoreee and dedicates significant time to <em>pro bono </em>work focused on housing, immigration and reproductive rights, for which he has been recognized by both the Legal Aid Society and the New York State Bar Association. Prior to beginning his legal career, Mr. Ortiz founded Operation ASHA Cambodia, an affiliate of Operation ASHA Worldwide, a global tuberculosis treatment organization. He received his M.P.P. in 2006 from the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago and his J.D. in 2009 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an Edmund Spencer Scholar.</p>
Education
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Juris Doctor, University of Chicago Law School
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M.P.P., University of Chicago