Ata Nalbantoglu is an associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of the Business Restructuring and Reorganization and Finance Practice Groups.
Ata advises public and private companies, as well as secured and unsecured lenders, in connection with complex cross-border restructurings, distressed liability management exercises, and special situations debt transactions.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ata was an associate in the New York office of another major law firm, where he focused on restructuring and insolvency matters. He also served as a Judicial Law Clerk to Chief Judge Martin Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Ata received his Juris Doctor (Chayes Fellow) from Harvard Law School and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (College Honors) from Washington University in St. Louis. He also attended the London School of Economics as part of the General Course program, earning First Class Honors.
Ata is admitted to practice in the State of New York.
Representative experience advising*:
- Lincoln Power, L.L.C. and its affiliate debtors in their chapter 11 cases in connection with their Section 363 sale process and chapter 11 plan
- Audacy in prepackaged chapter 11 cases to restructure approx. US$1.9 billion of funded debt
- The joint liquidators of Three Arrows Capital, Ltd, which was one of the largest trading firms for digital assets prior to its liquidation, in connection with its BVI liquidation proceeding and US chapter 15 case
- First Mode Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary, a multinational developer and manufacturer of decarbonization solutions for heavy industry, including ultra-class mine haul trucks and rail freight locomotives, in its chapter 11 cases and Section 363 sale
- Exela Technologies, a global business process automation (BPA) leader, in connection with its chapter 11 cases
- Pine Gate Renewables, a developer and owner-operator of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States, in its chapter 11 case, addressing more than US$7 billion of funded debt and equity capital
* Includes experience prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Credentials
Education:
- Harvard University - 2022 Juris Doctor
- Washington University in St. Louis - 2019 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar
Clerkships:
- US Bankruptcy Court, New York Southern District, Hon. Martin Glenn, 2024