Alice Eaton
As Deputy Chair of the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department, Alice advises creditor and debtor clients in corporate reorganizations and bankruptcies, with a focus on postpetition financings, exit financings and related transactions. Her recent company-side matters include advising Revlon, The IMAGINE Group, Foresight Energy, Animal Supply Company, Preferred Sands, Expro Holdings, and Performance Sports Group and various portfolio companies of the firm’s private equity clients. Recent creditor-side experience includes advising stakeholders in Western Global Airlines, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Talen Energy Supply, Bausch Health, Mallinckrodt, Neiman Marcus, LSC Communications, Oasis Petroleum, Extraction Oil & Gas, Exide Technologies, McDermott International, TOMS Shoes and PetSmart, among many others.
Alice was twice named as one of Law360’s “Bankruptcy MVPs.” In 2024, she was shortlisted for Euromoney’s “Woman in Business Law Award” for “Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyer of the Year.” She was also recognized as a 2022 “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer” by Turnarounds & Workouts and named in Lawdragon’s “500 Leading US Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers.” Since 2018, Alice has also served as a member of the Complex Case Committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, which is tasked with reviewing and recommending changes to the existing procedures for complex bankruptcy cases.