Lauren Lifland’s practice focuses on creditor-side representations in large chapter 11 bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters.  Ms. Lifland’s clients routinely include noteholders, lenders, insurers, agents and indenture trustees in all stages of complex litigation and bankruptcy proceedings, including discovery, motion practice, mediation, trial and appeals.  Ms. Lifland also represents borrowers, lenders and other investors in a broad range of transactions, including credit facilities and structured loans.

Ms. Lifland also regularly represents veterans seeking to obtain benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (the “VA”), including Combat-Related Special Compensation for military retirees with combat-related disabilities, designed to restore VA disability compensation offset from retired pay.

Prior to joining WilmerHale, Ms. Lifland was an associate and law clerk at two other law firms in New York where she focused on representing a variety of clients in complex bankruptc and financial restructuring matters.

In 2009, Ms. Lifland was a legal intern for the Honorable Arthur J. Gonzalez of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Previously, and while attending Hamilton College, Ms. Lifland interned for Senator Patrick Leahy of the US Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington DC.