Partner, Restructuring and Finance Department
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Benjamin S. Arfa is a Partner in Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz’s Restructuring and Finance Department. Benjamin represents borrowers, creditors, sponsors and distressed investors in connection with financing aspects of all types of transformative corporate transactions and in a wide range of liability management, restructuring, bankruptcy, direct lending, rescue, DIP and other financing transactions.
Benjamin was recognized as an Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer by Turnarounds and Workouts in 2024. Benjamin has also been named one of the next generation of legal leaders in America by Lawdragon, as a Rising Star by the New York Law Journal, as one of the Ones to Watch in America in Bankruptcy and Creditor and Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law by Best Lawyers, and as an Emerging Leader by the M&A Advisor.
Benjamin received a BS in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 2008. Benjamin also received an MSc in Accounting and Finance with distinction from the London School of Economics in 2009. He completed his JD cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2014.
Prior to joining Wachtell Lipton, Benjamin worked as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co.
