Dustin Smith

Dustin P. Smith is a partner in Hughes Hubbard & Reed’s Corporate Reorganization and Litigation departments. He represents companies restructuring their financial affairs both in and out of court, as well as representing secured and general creditors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcies, out-of-court workouts, and adversary and collateral proceedings. Among other things, Dustin has assisted with the recovery of customer and proprietary assets and resolved various disputes on behalf of the trustee in the Lehman Brothers Inc. and MF Global Inc. bankruptcies, including the investigation of the events leading to the failure of these entities, resolution of thousands of individual claims, litigation regarding the status of various financial instruments and transactions in liquidations, and the distribution of billions in assets to these entities’ former customers and creditors. His representations have brought him into frequent contact with regulators, self-regulatory organizations and industry groups.