Melanie Ann Miller
Counsel
melanie.miller@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Private Capital
Biography
Melanie Miller focuses on bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters. Her experience extends across a variety of industries, including retail, energy and financial services.
Before joining the firm, Melanie was a law clerk to the Honorable Robert D. Drain in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and before that, a financial restructuring associate at an international law firm.
Melanie received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Florida.
Representative Work
- Steward Health Care: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the chapter 11 case of Steward Health Care, the largest private, physician-led health care network in the U.S.
- CommScope: Counsel to an ad hoc group of cross holders in connection with a potential restructuring of CommScope, an American fiber optic and cable provider.
- Casa Systems: Counsel to an ad hoc group of lenders in the chapter 11 cases of Casa Systems, a telecommunications solutions company, involving approximately $200 million of liabilities.
- Audacy: Counsel to an ad hoc group of senior secured second lien lenders in the prepackaged chapter 11 cases of Audacy and its subsidiaries, and American broadcasting company, involving $1.6 billion in liabilities.
- Sungard: Counsel to Sungard Availability Services and its affiliates, a global operator of colocation data and disaster recovery centers, in their chapter 11 cases involving more than $500 million in liabilities and the sale of substantially all of the company’s assets.
- Alex Jones: Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, on a pro bono basis, in the chapter 11 case of right-wing media personality Alex Jones, which was commenced following the entry of more than $1.5 billion in state court judgments against Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, as a result of Jones’s defamatory comments regarding the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
- GTT: Counsel to GTT Communications and its affiliates, operator of one of the largest Tier 1 internet networks in the world, in their chapter 11 cases involving $4.5 billion in liabilities. Successful Restructurings of the Year (Turnarounds & Workouts)
- Ozon: Counsel to the ad hoc group of convertible noteholders of the $750 million restructuring of Ozon Holdings, Russia’s largest ecommerce platform.
EducationJ.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2017
B.A., University of Florida, summa cum laude, 2014
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2017
B.A., University of Florida, summa cum laude, 2014
ClerkshipsU.S.B.C., Southern District of New York
U.S.B.C., Southern District of New York
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
Affiliations and Public Service
- Co-Chair of Recruitment Committee, UJA NextGen Restructuring
- Member, Tina’s Wish NextGen NYC Board
