Nikhil Gulati is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Finance Department and Restructuring & Special Situations Practice.

Mr. Gulati represents companies, lenders, shareholders, and other parties across various industries in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, as well others in other distressed situations.

While in law school, Mr. Gulati was the executive managing editor of the Notre Dame Law Review. Mr. Gulati also served as a research assistant and a legal extern at a market-leading manufacturing company. He was also a teaching assistant for business school courses.

Prior to law school, Mr. Gulati worked as a management consultant.

Mr. Gulati’s experience includes advising:

  • JOANN, a leading national retailer of sewing, arts, and crafts, in its prepackaged chapter 11 restructuring of over US$1 billion of funded debt in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  • Barretts Minerals Inc., a talc manufacturer, in its chapter 11 case in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a branded and generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, in its second chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
  • Vital Pharmaceuticals, the maker of Bang Energy beverage, and certain affiliates in their chapter 11 proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida and the sale of substantially all of Vital’s assets to an affiliate of Monster Beverage Corporation
  • Virgin Orbit Holdings, a US-based responsive space launch provider, and its US subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in connection with their section 363 sales and chapter 11 plan

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Notre Dame Law School, 2022
    magna cum laude
  • MBA, University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, 2022
    cum laude
  • BA in Economics & International Studies, University of Michigan, 2016

Languages Spoken

  • English