Drew Carlson is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Finance Department and Restructuring Practice.

Drew represents public and private companies, lenders, and other parties across various industries in both in-court and out-of-court restructurings, as well as distressed financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other distressed situations.

Prior to joining Latham full-time, Drew was a summer associate in the New York office. While in law school, Drew interned for the US Department of Justice, served as a Senior Editor of the Washington University Law Review, and participated in the WashULaw Entrepreneurship Clinic.  

Prior to law school, Drew worked for early-stage companies as a Venture for America Fellow in New Orleans.

Drew’s experience includes advising:

  • FAT Brands Inc., Twin Hospitality Group Inc., and 184 debtor subsidiaries (collectively, FAT Brands), a leading global franchising company and owner of 18 restaurant brands, including Johnny Rockets, Fazoli’s, and Twin Peaks, in connection with the confirmation of their chapter 11 liquidating plan following an expedited Section 363 sale process that resulted in four separate asset sales of substantially all of the debtors’ assets, eliminating close to US$1 billion in debt across five securitization silos

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • JD, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, 2024
    cum laude
  • BS in Economics, English & Philosophy, Duke University, 2017

Languages Spoken

  • English

Practices