Omid Rahnama
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Special Situations
- Corporate & Finance
- Private Capital
Omid advises creditors, debtors, hedge funds, private equity sponsors and distressed investors in chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, distressed mergers & acquisitions (M&A), liability management transactions and insolvency-sensitive matters.
Prior to joining Akin, Omid was a restructuring associate at another international law firm based in New York City. Prior to that, Omid was a Law Clerk to the Honorable Mary F. Walrath in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Omid earned his J.D. with honors from The George Washington University Law School. He earned his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Curo Group Holding Corp.: Counsel to the debtor, a leading consumer credit lender serving the U.S. and Canada, in its chapter 11 cases involving over $2.1 billion of debt.
- Revlon: Counsel to Revlon and certain of its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of New York that reduced $2.7 billion of funded debt.
- Hertz: Counsel to Apollo Global Management on behalf of certain funds and accounts it manages in a $6.5-billion joint bid alongside Knighthead Capital Management and Certares Opportunities, as sponsor to Hertz Global Holdings Inc.’s chapter 11 plan of reorganization and to fund the company’s exit from bankruptcy.
- Churchill Capital Corp II: Counsel to the special purpose acquisition company in its $1.5-billion acquisition of Software Luxembourg Holding S.A. (Skillsoft) and concurrent acquisition of Global Knowledge Training by Skillsoft.
- GTT Communications: Counsel to an ad hoc group of term loan lenders to GTT Communications, operator of one of the largest Tier 1 internet networks in the world, in their chapter 11 cases involving $4.5 billion in liabilities.
- Whiting Petroleum: Counsel to an ad hoc group of noteholders in the chapter 11 restructuring of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, one of the largest independent exploration and production companies in the U.S. with over $3.4 billion in funded debt obligations.
EducationJ.D., The George Washington University Law School, with honors, 2018
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, with honors, 2018
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
ClerkshipsU.S.B.C., District of Delaware
U.S.B.C., District of Delaware
Bar AdmissionsNew York
New York
- Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section, 20/20 Partners Rising Young Leader Award.
- American Bankruptcy Law Journal Prize.
