Resilda Karafili is an associate in the Restructuring Department of Weil’s New York office.
Resilda received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as President of the Bankruptcy Law Society and Notes Editor for the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform. She received her B.A. in Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology from the University of Michigan, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with distinction. Prior to joining Weil, Resilda worked in the immigration field. She was honored by the American Civil Liberties Union for her work on behalf of immigrants’ rights.
Resilda has been a member of teams representing various parties in a number of in-court restructurings and other matters, including:
Debtor/Company-Side Experience:
- Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. and six of its affiliated subsidiaries, a global food retailer with operations in France and Latin America, in connection with their U.S. chapter 15 cases to obtain recognition of the restructuring of €6.1 billion in liabilities through French safeguard proceedings.
Creditor/Other Experience:
- An ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with the successful prepackaged chapter 11 cases of 2U, a global leader in online education that emerged as a privately held entity.
- Johnson & Johnson as a creditor in the mass tort chapter 11 cases of Imerys Talc America, Inc., which filed for chapter 11 as a result of thousands of personal injury lawsuits.