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Kelly DiBlasi, Esq.

Kelly DiBlasi is a partner in the Restructuring Department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Ms. DiBlasi’s practice focuses on debtors, creditors, and equity interest holders in all areas of domestic and international restructurings and crisis management, both in and out of court.
 
Notable representations in her career include Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, Essar Steel Algoma, Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A., Scandinavian Airlines, Air Methods, Speedcast, CHC Group, Waypoint, National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation in connection with the Title III cases of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the representation of an ad hoc group of secured lenders in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Nordic Aviation Capital, among others.
 
Most recently, in 2024, Kelly was recognized as a 'Notable Practitioner' for Restructuring and Insolvency in the U.S. by IFLR1000 (2023–2024), she was named to the Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation list, named among the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers by Lawdragon (2020, 2022–2024), and “recommended” for Restructuring by Legal 500 (2023–2024).
 
Ms. DiBlasi also represents, on a pro bono basis, the N.Y. Police and Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund, and has helped several U.S. military veterans seeking assistance with applying for disability benefits.
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US: Non-consensual third-party releases in Chapter 15 proceedings post-Purdue
US: Non-consensual third-party releases in Chapter 15 proceedings post-Purdue
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Hillarie James and Kelly DiBlasi of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, discusses the potential impact of the US Supreme Court’s ruling in Harrington v Purdue Pharma LP on striking down non-consensual third-party releases on recognition and enforcement of such releases in Chapter 15 proceedings. The US court ruled that these types of third-party releases (which effectively seek to discharge claims against a non-debtor without the consent of affected claimants) are not available in Chapter 11 plans under the US Bankruptcy Code. This decision is narrow in scope as it did not express a view on plans that provide for consensual releases of claims against non-debtors and how such consent will be defined in future cases.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualifications

  • New York State Bar
  • Southern District New York
  • Eastern District New York
  • Eastern District Michigan
  • US Court of Appeals 6th Circuit

Education

  • BA – Colgate University (2001)
  • JD – Fordham University School of Law (2004)

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