Restructuring Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
(Moderator)
Christine A. Okike is a Restructuring Partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. She represents debtors, creditors, equity holders, investors, sellers, and purchasers in all stages of complex restructuring transactions, including prepackaged, prearranged and traditional Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court workouts, distressed acquisitions and cross-border proceedings. Christine has a broad range of experience across a number of industries, including automotive, sports, entertainment, retail, energy, real estate, financial services, technology, transportation, travel, health care, media and telecommunications.
Christine was named as one of Crain’s New York Business’ 2021 Notable Women in Law, as well as an “Emerging Leader” by The M&A Advisor in 2019 and “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” by Turnarounds & Workouts in 2018. In 2017, she was inducted into the International Insolvency Institute NextGen Leadership Program and selected as an “Emerging Leader” in the American Bankruptcy Institute’s inaugural 40 Under 40 initiative.
Outside of her practice, Christine represents a number of nonprofit organizations and individuals on a pro bono basis and sits on the board of directors of Lawyers Alliance for New York, the junior advisory board of Her Justice and the advisory board of Legal Outreach.
