Ms. Cherie Schaible

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Ms. Cherie Schaible

ANKURA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, New York, NY

CHÉRIE is the general counsel and is responsible for all legal, compliance, corporate-governance and regulatory affairs. She has more than 15 years of experience advising and representing clients on corporate governance matters, complex corporate transactions, restructurings, financings, and regulatory and compliance matters. Her wide range of clients has included corporations, financial institutions, institutional investors, insurance companies, and private-equity and hedge funds.Chérie was previously associate general counsel and managing director at AIG Investments, where she managed a team of attorneys responsible for supporting a full range of investment transactions, including fixed-income securities, loans, equity investments and life settlements. She was directly responsible for advising clients managing more than $5 billion on restructurings, highyield transactions and residential mortgage lending, and she supported the firm’s compliance department on various matters and worked with the regulatory team on processes to facilitate Federal Reserve regulations, including corporate governance, policies, procedures and legalentity reporting. She also advised on the impact and implementation of processes and procedures to comply with the Volcker Rule of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.Outside of the office, Chérie is active with Women In Need, the largest New York City-based nonprofit that provides shelter and supportive housing for the city’s homeless families. She was one of the founding members of its junior board and chaired its first “Impact Party,” which raised more than $200K for the shelter.

Education

  • L.L.M., CORPORATE LAW, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
  • L.L.B., WITH HONORS, BOND UNIVERSITY (AUSTRALIA)

Chérie has achieved a level of professional recognition, skill, and leadership rarely seen in a person under 40, both within the restructuring community and in the broader legal, financial and professional services industries.