Dustin Smith

About Dustin Smith

Dustin P. Smith is a partner in the firm\'s Corporate Reorganization and Litigation departments, where he focuses on bankruptcy, restructuring, and commercial litigation. Dustin’s diverse restructuring practice includes the representation of financial institutions, debtors, and creditors in a wide range of matters, including in and out-of-court restructurings, liability management exercises, debtor-in-possession financing, asset sales and acquisitions, and bankruptcy litigation, including avoidance actions. Dustin also provides bankruptcy advice in connection with financing transactions. Dustin has significant experience in leading bankruptcy related investigations and issuing public facing reports. He served as lead counsel to the court-appointed examiner in the Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers bankruptcy case, and coordinated the teams that investigated the events leading to the failure of Lehman Brothers Inc. and MF Global Inc. bankruptcies and was a principal drafter of the public reports for these cases. Dustin’s litigation practice is focused on complex commercial and securities litigation. Dustin has significant experience in complex cross-border litigation, including the representation of sovereigns in significant fraud cases. Dustin’s current representations include the Danish tax authority as plaintiff in efforts to recover proceeds of a $2 billion fraud.Dustin also serves as the co-chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and maintains an active pro bono practice focused on immigration matters, civil rights, and access to justice issues. He also currently serves as a board member for the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), whose mission is to advance equality and civil rights, with a focus on health justice, disability rights and environmental justice, through the power of community lawyering and partnerships with the private bar.

Experience

1. Partner

   Hughes Hubbard & Reed Llp

   Jan 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Georgetown University

  BS, International Securities Studies

  2001 — 2005

• Cornell Law School

  JD

  2008 — 2010