
Overview
Leonie Koch is an associate in the firm’s Financial Restructuring group and is based in the firm’s New York office. Her practice focuses on representing key stakeholders in complex Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court workouts, financings, liability management exercises, litigation, and distressed mergers and acquisitions, including official committees of unsecured creditors, ad hoc groups of lenders, hedge funds, CLOs, private equity funds, banks and asset managers. Leonie has served as counsel on some of the largest in-court and out-of-court restructurings and liability management transactions of the past decade across a broad range of industries, including FTX ($20+ billion), Travelport ($4.3+ billion) and Franchise Group ($2.4 billion).
Leonie has an active pro bono practice and is a proud member of the Associate Board of Edible Schoolyard NYC, a nonprofit organization on a mission to make edible education accessible for every child in New York City.
Leonie is admitted to practice law in the state of New York.
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2022
- Order of Barristers
- Vanderbilt Medal
- Executive Editor, Immigration Law Competition, Moot Court Board
- Brandeis University, B.A. (cum laude), 2016
Representations
- Boardriders (ad hoc group of priming lenders)
- Congruex (ad hoc group of secured lenders)
- Empire Today (ad hoc group of secured lenders)
- Florida Food Products (ad hoc group of first lien lenders)
- Franchise Group (ad hoc group of first lien lenders; DIP lenders)
- FTX (official committee of unsecured creditors; creditor advisory committee)
- New You Bariatric Group (agent; lender)
- SIRVA (ad hoc group of secured lenders)
- Solar Mosaic (debtor)
- Sonrava Health (ad hoc group of secured lenders)
- Tedder Industries (stalking horse bidder)
- The Container Store (ad hoc group of term lenders; DIP lenders)
- Travelport (ad hoc group of priority lenders)
News
- Paul Hastings Advises Ad Hoc Group of Term Lenders to Empire Today - May 6th, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Cadre Holdings on Safariland’s Section 363 Acquisition of Assets From Tedder Industries - April 21st, 2026
- Paul Hastings Advises Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders to Florida Food Products - October 14th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Solar Mosaic in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Exit and Transition to Solar Servicing - October 1st, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advises Ad Hoc Group of First Lien Lenders in Franchise Group Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Exit - June 9th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advised an Ad Hoc Group of Term Lenders and DIP Lenders in the Restructuring of The Container Store - January 29th, 2025
- Paul Hastings Advised Lenders Financing the Restructuring of Franchise Group, Inc. - November 8th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised FTX Unsecured Creditors to Confirmed Reorganization Plan - October 9th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Priority Lenders on Travelport’s $4.3+ Billion Recapitalization and Equity Financing - January 2nd, 2024