Elizabeth R. McColm > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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NEW YORK, NY 10019-6064
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Elizabeth R. McColm

Work Department
Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization
Position
Education
LL.B., University of Western Australia, 1994 with honors
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
(Leading partners)Elizabeth McColm  –Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has cemented its status as a strong team for a variety of clients on both the creditor and debtor side, including distressed companies, fulcrum creditor groups, equity sponsors and distressed investors. The firm has handled high-profile bankruptcies over the year, including Revlon, where lawyers Robert Britton , Alice Belisle Eaton, Kyle Kimpler  and Sean A. Mitchell represented Revlon in its complex and publicized Chapter 11 cases and continue to represent the company in the wind-down of its remaining Chapter 11 case. Paul M. Basta co-chairs the New York-based team and has a storied career representing debtors, creditors and investors in a broad range of restructuring matters, ranging from Chapter 11 cases to cross-border insolvency matters. Andrew N. Rosenberg
 also co-chairs the department and has represented a diverse range of clients across numerous industries in matters including out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy-related acquisitions. Jacob A. Adlerstein  has broad expertise in advising clients in bankruptcy cases and corporate restructurings, ranging from debtors to ad hoc creditor committees. Brian Hermann  and Elizabeth McColm  have extensive experience in bankruptcy and chapter 11 proceedings, with Hermann skilled in representing clients in complex litigation arising out of Chapter 11, alongside McColm who has been involved in major restructurings and bankruptcies. Andrew Parlen has represented private and public companies in a variety of distressed situations, while Brian Bolin is noted for his experience in distressed financing transactions and exit financings. Kelley Cornish has moved to Selendy Gay PLLC.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: plaintiff
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism