Stacy A. Lutkus

Bio:

Stacy A. Lutkus is a Partner in the Business Restructuring group of McDermott Will & Emery in New York where she counsels clients on all aspects of complex domestic and cross-border reorganization matters.

Stacy advises companies and foreign representatives preparing chapter 11 and chapter 15 filings, as well as debtors, creditors, purchasers (including stalking-horse bidders) and lenders in connection with out-of-court restructuring transactions, distressed-asset sales, and DIP and exit financings. She regularly advises official committees of unsecured creditors and individual secured and unsecured creditors in addition to equity holders and post-confirmation trusts in both bankruptcy and litigation matters. Stacy also maintains an active pro bono practice where she focusses on representing the interest of children. 

Before McDermott, Ms. Lutkus was the lead Law Clerk for the Lehman chapter 11 and SIPA cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. During her tenure with the court, Stacy developed a deep knowledge of, and interest in, cross-border matters and the chapter 15 process. In addition to her work on legal opinions and the day-to-day operation of pending cases, Stacy assisted in the facilitation of court-to-court communication in connection with chapter 15 and other cross-border matters, and regularly addressed issues arising in connection with requests for international judicial assistance. Stacy also assisted in the mediation of the American Airlines, MF Global, Syms/Filene’s Basement, Residential Capital, General Motors, and Excel Maritime chapter 11 cases. 

Prior to her legal career, Stacy spent several years working as a special agent for the U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division.  Through this, she developed a developed a deep understanding of United States tax and anti-money laundering statutes and gained experience conducting witness interviews, participating in enforcement operations, preparing special agent reports, and testifying in court proceedings.

Stacy earned her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was an editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Economic Law. Prior to law school, Stacy was a Fulbright Scholar pursuing graduate research in Economics at the Universität Mannheim in Mannheim, Germany. She earned her bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Drexel University.