Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Suzzanne Uhland: Spotlight on a Prominent Specialist


As a member of the Policy Committee and Chair of the Restructuring Practice at global legal firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Suzzanne Uhland mines her comprehensive background in bankruptcy law to assist a varied client base in Chapter 11 filings, out-of-court restructurings, and U.S. Bankruptcy Code section 363(b) distress transactions. Working in close collaboration with O’Melveny’s Transactional arm, Ms. Uhland represents major banking institutions, publicly traded and private companies, investment fund partners, and other parties, implementing and closing mutually beneficial credit financing agreements and facilitating the mitigation of minimal to extensive bankruptcy-related risks.

A Partner in O’Melveny’s Newport Beach and San Francisco offices, Suzzanne Uhland garners consistent accolades for her contributions to the firm and the legal community as a whole. Recognized for her restructuring endeavors by Chambers and Partners USA since 2008, Ms. Uhland boasts distinction as a Who’s Who of Legal Insolvency and Restructuring in California and as one of Orange Coast magazine’s Best Lawyers in Orange County. Additionally listed in The Best Lawyers in America, an esteemed network of attorneys chosen for the honor by a group of their peers, Ms. Uhland was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and featured prominently in the Eighth Annual Women Worth Watching edition of Profiles in Diversity. Well known as a vocal proponent for mentorship as avenue to facilitate career success, she has written and lectured extensively on her chosen area of legal specialization and her journey from academia to the top levels of America’s bankruptcy and insolvency law sector.

With Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, Suzzanne Uhland undertook her clerkship under the Honorable Mariana Pfaelzer of the U.S. District Court Central District of California. The mother of two teenage daughters, Ms. Uhland is a history aficionado who enjoys reading about ancient Roman culture in her free time. 

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