Kenneth R. Puhala

Ken Puhala is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Group and is a member of the Executive Committee. He concentrates his practice in complex business litigation and arbitration, as well as litigation and transactions relating to cross-border debt restructurings. He has handled a broad range of matters, spanning contracts, trust indentures, technology, construction, professional liability, employment, securities, business torts, civil RICO, entertainment and proceedings under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Mr. Puhala has extensive experience representing foreign clients in cases involving complex cross-border debt restructurings. For many years, his practice has focused on representing Indonesian and Singaporean companies in litigation and transactions relating to such restructurings. He has represented Indonesian and Singaporean companies in federal and state courts in debt restructuring-related litigation and also in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chapter 15 cases seeking recognition of foreign restructuring proceedings and the implementation of restructuring plans in the United States. Apart from his debt-restructuring practice, his practice is focused heavily on representing foreign and U.S. companies in litigation and arbitration proceedings in complex business disputes relating to contracts and business torts.

Mr. Puhala is the Firm’s chief liaison with Yang & Co, its associated firm in Indonesia.

Other Distinctions

•The George Washington Law Review, member

News & Publications

•NY Super Lawyers Named
•Creditors’ Rights and Business Restructuring Group Wins Two International Awards
•Schnader Attorneys Named to NY Super Lawyers
•Kenneth Puhala Quoted in The Deal Pipeline
•Schnader Recognized with International Financial Law Review Award
•The “Separate Entity Rule” Remains Alive and Well in New York State
•Affirmative Business Litigation in the United States and in Other Countries
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2014
•Resolving Legal Disputes in the United States: Litigation, Arbitration or Mediation
•Partners Megan Harmon and Ken Puhala Named to Schnader’s Executive Committee
•Protecting Your US Business From Unfair Competition by Former Employees Requires Timely and Prudent Action
•Raising Capital Through IPO in the US
•Schnader and Yang & Co. Formalize Representation Arrangement for Indonesia Related Legal Matters
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2013
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2011
•Super Lawyers Recognizes Many Schnader Attorneys in 2010
•Seven Schnader Attorneys Honored as 2009 New York Super Lawyers
•Pro Bono Newsletter