About Ryan Blaine Bennett

Ryan Blaine Bennett is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis’ Restructuring Group and hiring partner for the Chicago office. Ryan’s practice focuses on protecting and advancing the financial interests of corporate debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in the various transactional and litigation-related aspects of the debtor-creditor relationship.

Ryan has played a principal role representing sophisticated corporate debtors, investors and other key parties in some of the most complex restructuring cases and transactions during the past two decades.

In addition to his company-side representations, Ryan regularly counsels a number of private equity and investment fund clients, both in and out of court, with respect to acquisitions of distressed assets and investments and corporate governance matters related to such clients’ portfolio companies.

Ryan was recognized in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Chambers USA. Sources noted “he is super skilled, incredibly accessible and knowledgeable” and “he’s extraordinarily client-oriented, extremely commercial and excellent technically.” Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and The Chicago Lawyer recently named Ryan to the “40 Under Forty” for 2015, selecting Ryan among over 1,000 nominees across all practice areas in the State of Illinois, Law360 also named Ryan as one of eight Bankruptcy “Rising Stars for 2014.” The Legal 500 U.S. recognized him for his “key role” in the Detroit Chapter 9 proceedings. Ryan was also named to the 2012 list of “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnarounds & Workouts, one of 12 individuals selected nationwide for their individual accomplishments in corporate restructuring.