Neil (Mac) M. Snyder

Education
- Harvard University, A.B. 2003
- Columbia Law School, J.D. 2008, James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar (Executive Articles Editor, Columbia Law Review)
Clerkships
Honorable Debra Ann Livingston, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2008 – 2009
Neil (Mac) M. Snyder
Neil M. Snyder joined the Restructuring and Finance Department as an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in 2009.
He represents institutional lenders and distressed securities investors in restructuring transactions, purchasers in distressed acquisitions, and borrowers with respect to all types of financing for mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Snyder received an A.B. cum laude from Harvard University in 2003. Mr. Snyder completed a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2008, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Snyder also served as the Executive Articles Editor of the Columbia Law Review. After law school, Mr. Snyder served as a law clerk to the Honorable Debra Ann Livingston of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Mr. Snyder is admitted to practice in the State of New York and the District of Colorado.
Select Publications
- Financing Year in Review: The Tide Turns,
in The Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Forum, January 24, 2023.
- Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructuring: 2021-2022,
in Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, February 15, 2022.
- Financing Year in Review: A Robust Recovery,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, January 13, 2022.
- Financing Year in Review: From Crisis to Comeback,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, January 19, 2021.
- Acquisition Financing Year in Review: The Decade of Debt,
in Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, January 17, 2020.
- Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructuring: 2018-2019,
in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, February 17, 2019.
- Dealmaking in a Distressed Environment,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 17, 2013.