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Benjamin S. Arfa is Head of Wachtell Lipton’s Capital Solutions Practice and a Partner in its 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 has been recognized as one of the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers by Lawdragon and one of the top financing lawyers in North America by MergerLinks, ranking in the top 5 of their 2025 list. He has also been identified as an Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer by Turnarounds and Workouts, as 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 completed his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2014. He also received an M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance with distinction from the London School of Economics in 2009 and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 2008. Prior to joining Wachtell Lipton, Benjamin worked as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co.