Erin Dexter is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Milbank and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Group.
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Washington, DC
Primary Focus & Experience
Ms. Dexter’s practice focuses on restructuring, bankruptcy, and distressed situations. She has represented debtors, creditors’ committees, lenders, funds, and borrowers in all aspects of financial restructuring, both in and out of bankruptcy court.
Ms. Dexter’s significant representations include:
- Ambac Assurance Corporation, monoline bond insurer, in the bankruptcy cases of Puerto Rico and its public corporations, the first cases brought under the PROMESA restructuring law (D.P.R)
- Convertible noteholders of Ascent Capital Group in a fraudulent transfer action to enjoin the company’s proposed transfer of assets to its operating subsidiary, Monitronics International (Delaware Chancery Court)
- Steering committee of lenders to Education Management Corporation in opposing an injunction against a lender-supported, out-of-court restructuring (S.D.N.Y.)
- Affiliates of Oaktree Capital Management as secured lenders and DIP lenders to Molycorp, chapter 11 debtor, in lender-supported plan confirmation (Bankr. D. Del.)
- Avianca S.A. as chapter 11 debtor in successful plan confirmation and related litigation (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
- OneWeb Global Limited as chapter 11 debtor in successful plan confirmation (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
- LightSquared (now Ligado) as chapter 11 debtor in successful plan confirmation (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Talen Energy Supply’s chapter 11 case (Bankr. S.D. Tex.)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in PG&E’s chapter 11 case (Bankr. N.D. Cal.)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in PHI, Inc.’s chapter 11 case (Bankr. N.D. Tex.)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in FirstEnergy Solution’s chapter 11 case (Bankr. N.D. Ohio)
- Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Breitburn Energy Partners’ chapter 11 case (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.)
- Ad hoc committee of cross-holder creditors in objection to plan confirmation in Peabody Energy’s chapter 11 case (Bankr. E.D. Mo.)
- Significant bankruptcy appellate litigation, including to the First Circuit, Sixth Circuit, Eighth Circuit, and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal
Recognition & Accomplishments
Ms. Dexter was named a "Future Star" by Benchmark Litigation's 2024 and 2025 editions.
Additional Details
Education
- Georgetown Law, J.D.
- Stanford University, B.A.
Admissions
- Maryland
- District of Columbia
- US District Court for the District of Columbia
- US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
