Chad J. Husnick

Attorney

Current Position

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
300 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60654
USA

Tel: 312-862-2009
Email: chad.husnick@kirkland.com

Chad Husnick is a partner in Kirkland & Ellis’ Restructuring Practice Group. He represents debtors, creditors, equity holders, and other stakeholders in all aspects of corporate liability management, restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency proceedings.

Chad has represented clients in a variety of industries, including energy, retail, real estate, infrastructure, manufacturing, transportation and distribution, hospitality and gaming, automotive, and printing. He works closely with his clients to address issues proactively and efficiently. He regularly advises clients on corporate governance issues facing financially distressed companies, including liability management strategies, fiduciary duties, and executive compensation.

Chad has been recognized in the 2017–2025 editions of Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Most recently, sources describe Chad as “one of the most astute technical lawyers,” “an amazing attorney,” a very talented lawyer,” and “very strong, capable and experienced.” Chad was also recognized in the 2022–2024 editions of The Legal 500 U.S. Sources described Chad as “an exceptionally talented lawyer. Very clear on strategy and potential outcomes. Highly commercial” and a “smart, innovative, and practical strategist and advisor” who “couples his near-encyclopedic knowledge of bankruptcy law with an uncanny ability to always be two steps ahead of his adversary to provide clear, concise direction to the board.”

Chad is a Conferee and member of the Executive Committee in the National Bankruptcy Conference, an invitation-only group of 60 judges, academics and practitioners formed in the Great Depression to assist Congress with drafting bankruptcy legislation. Chad is also a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the International Insolvency Institute, the American Bankruptcy Institute and Turnaround Management Association. Also, he is a Lecturer in the Law at the University of Chicago Law School and a Contributing Author for Collier on Bankruptcy—the leading treatise on bankruptcy law.

Education

- University of Chicago Law School, J.D. with Honors - 2004
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., Political Science and Behavioral Science & Law with Distinction - 2001