Laura R. Hall
Partner
New York
Laura R. Hall
Partner
New York
Contact Details
Laura’s cross-border bankruptcy practice focuses on assisting clients in navigating the intersection of domestic and foreign legal regimes. Her experience includes representation of financial institutions, debtors, creditors and foreign representatives in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate level. Laura also advises clients in distressed asset sales and out-of-court restructurings.
Laura is a member of the Federal Bar Council’s Second Circuit Courts and Bankruptcy Litigation Committees, and a member of IWIRC’s New York network. She is a Fellow of INSOL International and recipient of the Stephen Adamson Award for her performance in the Global Insolvency Practice Course and is also listed as a recommended lawyer in Legal 500 USA. Laura represents pro bono clients in immigration and family matters through Allen & Overy’s partnership with Her Justice, for which she received a Commitment to Justice Award in 2019 and Allen & Overy has received Firm Commitment Awards in 2018 and 2019.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2004
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2005
Admitted: United States Supreme Court, 2016
Admitted: United States Court of Appeals
Second Circuit, 2011
Third Circuit, 2016
Federal Circuit, 2012
Admitted: United States District Court - Southern District of New York, 2008
Academic
J.D., Harvard Law School, 2004
A.B., summa cum laude, Georgetown University, Phi Beta Kappa, 2001
Related articles
Publications: 23 June 2022
Oh no, where's my crypto? What happens to crypto assets when a custodian fails
Recent turbulence in the crypto asset market and comments by certain regulators raise the critical question of what happens to crypto assets held by a crypto custodian if the custodian becomes…
Publications: 11 March 2022
Webinar: New European restructuring laws: will they work cross-border?
Publications: 24 November 2020
Collateralized loan obligations group sues fellow lenders over new 'super priority' loans
Experience highlights
Advising National Bank of Anguilla and Caribbean Commercial Bank in avoidance actions brought by their offshore subsidiaries in US bankruptcy proceedings following the near-collapse and government-led restructuring of the Anguillan banking industry. We obtained a stay of US proceedings in favor of proceedings in Anguilla.
Advising Hanjin Shipping on the sale of its interests in Total Terminals International. The approval process included what we believe to be the first-ever court-to-court communication between US and Korean courts.
Advising Nortel and their court-appointed Monitor on all chapter 11, chapter 15 and U.S. bankruptcy litigation matters, including intellectual property claims on behalf of and against the debtors, a six-week cross-border trial before the Ontario Superior Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to determine the allocation of more than USD7bn of proceeds from joint asset sales and appellate proceedings in the Ontario Court of Appeal, the District of Delaware and the Third Circuit. The allocation issue was ultimately settled favorably for the Canadian debtors.
Advising OW Bunker representing ING Bank as security agent for senior secured syndicate of lenders under $700m credit facility in the global collapse of OW Bunker and its subsidiaries, including with respect to chapter 11 cases involving the U.S. affiliates and related litigations in the U.S.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2004
Admitted: Bar of the State of New York, 2005
Admitted: United States Supreme Court, 2016
Admitted: United States Court of Appeals
Second Circuit, 2011
Third Circuit, 2016
Federal Circuit, 2012
Admitted: United States District Court - Southern District of New York, 2008
Academic
J.D., Harvard Law School, 2004
A.B., summa cum laude, Georgetown University, Phi Beta Kappa, 2001
Pro bono
Laura serves as the firm’s hiring partner for the New York office after a number of years on the Recruiting Committee, and is a member of the Marketing and Pro Bono Committees.
Through Laura’s efforts, Allen & Overy has become a Sponsor for Her Justice, which helps women in need of assistance in the areas of immigration and family law.
Laura is active with Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses initiative; and provides free legal consultations to entrepreneurs enrolled in the LaGuardia Community College program.
Published work
- "Crypto-tunities: Transaction strategies in the challenging crypto markets", Allen & Overy update, July 13, 2022
- "Oh no, where's my crypto? What happens to crypto assets when a custodian fails", Allen & Overy update, June 23, 2022
- Instructor & author of course text, Module 3A: US Law, INSOL Foundation Course in International Insolvency Law (2019)
- The intersection of US litigation and EU data privacy laws, PL&B International Report Issue 147 June 2017
- US Bankruptcy Court Grants Rare Dismissal of Adversary Proceeding in Chapter 15 for Forum Non Conveniens, INSOL World, Fourth Quarter 2016
- Co-author, “Mining Efficiencies From in Between the Rules,” Annual Review of Civil Litigation (Hon. Todd L. Archibald, ed., 2016)
- Co-author, "Second Circuit applies SLUSA to preclude class claims by investors in Madoff 'feeder funds,'" Allen & Overy Publication, September 25, 2013
- Co-author, "Supreme Court raises the bar on class actions: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes," Allen & Overy Publication, June 22, 2011
Awards
Fellow of INSOL International and recipient of the Stephen Adamson Award
for her performance in the Global Insolvency Practice Course.
Listed as a recommended lawyer
Legal 500 USA
Recognized as one of 30 of the region's most promising lawyers under 40
The New York Law Journal's Rising Stars awards in 2017.
