Scott Charles

Scott K. Charles became partner in the Restructuring and Finance Department of Wachtell Lipton in 1991. Mr. Charles has focused on the areas of commercial transactions, distressed mergers and acquisitions and bankruptcy since he joined the firm in 1984, and he has represented many institutional lenders, creditors committees and distressed securities investors in various troubled debt situations.

Scott is routinely recognized as leading lawyer in his field. He is ranked in the Chambers Global and Chambers USA Guides to leading lawyers in Bankruptcy and Restructuring, and as a global leader in Restructuring and Insolvency in Who’s Who Legal. Scott was also recognized in the inaugural edition of the Lawdragon’s 500 leading lawyers in Bankruptcy and Restructuring.

• University of Pennsylvania, B.S. 1981, summa cum laude
• Harvard Law School, J.D. 1984, Phi Beta Kappa