The Restructuring & Special Situations practice advises a broad range of stakeholders involved with financially distressed businesses, including debtors, issuers of public and private securities, various creditors, equity holders, new investors, boards of directors, and senior management teams.
A significant part of the practice's work involves developing creative and value-maximizing strategies in complex, often contentious restructuring and insolvency matters with multi-layered capital structures, including some of the largest restructurings in the past decade.
The practice's experience spans financial and operational restructurings, often with a cross-jurisdictional dynamic, and it handles both in-court and out-of-court solutions.
The group is adept at various transaction types, including creditor compromise procedures, security enforcements, debt rescheduling, liability management transactions, exchange and tender offers, refinancings, new money and distressed financings, debt-to-equity swap transactions, equity capital raises, and strategic and distressed M&A.
The group leverages cross-collaboration with other market-leading practices, such as tax, M&A, private equity, capital markets, employment and benefits, and debt finance groups, as well as Latham's industry teams.
The firm is specifically accepting judicial clerkship applications for 2026 associate positions, offering progression credit and a bonus to associates who complete a qualifying clerkship.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Finance Restructuring Associate

0-8 PQE · December 1, 2025 (9 months ago)

Latham & Watkins LLP

0-8 PQE · December 1, 2025 (9 months ago)

Salary

$225,000 - $435,000

Employment type

Full-time

Practice area

Bankruptcy · Distressed · M&A · Restructuring

Locations

New York City · Los Angeles · Chicago

Trusted recruiters

Work with a recruiter who has a real relationship with the hiring team and comes recommended by your peers.

Overview

The Restructuring & Special Situations practice advises a broad range of stakeholders involved with financially distressed businesses, including debtors, issuers of public and private securities, various creditors, equity holders, new investors, boards of directors, and senior management teams.
A significant part of the practice's work involves developing creative and value-maximizing strategies in complex, often contentious restructuring and insolvency matters with multi-layered capital structures, including some of the largest restructurings in the past decade.
The practice's experience spans financial and operational restructurings, often with a cross-jurisdictional dynamic, and it handles both in-court and out-of-court solutions.
The group is adept at various transaction types, including creditor compromise procedures, security enforcements, debt rescheduling, liability management transactions, exchange and tender offers, refinancings, new money and distressed financings, debt-to-equity swap transactions, equity capital raises, and strategic and distressed M&A.
The group leverages cross-collaboration with other market-leading practices, such as tax, M&A, private equity, capital markets, employment and benefits, and debt finance groups, as well as Latham's industry teams.
The firm is specifically accepting judicial clerkship applications for 2026 associate positions, offering progression credit and a bonus to associates who complete a qualifying clerkship.

Trusted recruiters

Top recruiter for this opening
Alan Hershkowitz
Long Ridge Partners
Alan Hershkowitz
Long Ridge Partners
Shira Huberfeld joined Latham’s New York City office in the Corporate group.
I highly recommend Alan. He listened to my specific wants and preferences and tailored his suggestions for me. He took all the stress out of the lateral process and was a useful sounding board as I considered the next move. His deep knowledge of the various firms and practice groups within the firms was a real difference maker for me.
Top recruiter for this opening
Priya Gulati
Pacific Legal Search
Priya Gulati
Pacific Legal Search
Claire (Hutar) Drucker joined Latham’s San Diego office in the Corporate group.
I highly recommend working with Priya. She was incredibly helpful at each point of the lateral process. We first spoke before I was ready to make the move and I was impressed by her knowledge of my targeted market (San Diego). I really appreciated that she moved at my pace and never pressured me to start applying before I was ready. When the time was right, Priya was invaluable with resume clean-up and interview prep. I interviewed at a particularly busy time and Priya made the process so easy. I can't recommend her enough!
Top recruiter for this opening
Evan Fox
Long Ridge Partners
Evan Fox
Long Ridge Partners
Christine Venino (Ollmann) joined Latham’s New York City office in the Corporate group.
Evan was a pleasure to work with in my recent lateral search. He has a broad wealth of knowledge about the legal industry and lateral placement. Evan is extremely professional, responsive and I felt confident he always had my best interests in mind. I would highly recommend Evan to anyone looking for a legal recruiter.

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Last updated: August 25, 2026

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