Samantha Gleit
Partner
Samantha Gleit is a partner at Feuerstein Kulick and leads the firm’s debt finance practice. Samantha has advised institutional and alternative investors on distressed debt and high risk lending. Since joining Feuerstein Kulick, Samantha has structured many of the largest debt facilities in the cannabis industry to date. Her expertise also includes corporate restructuring, alternative capital sources, acquisition financing, and related commercial transactions. Samantha was selected by Crain's New York Business for their list of "2023 Notable Women in Law"; and in 2021 was selected by Law360 as a "Rising Star" honoring attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age. Throughout her career, Samantha has advised investors on high risk debt and collateralization in regulated industries. She is known for implementing tailored, regulatory-compliant, loan and workout structures designed to maximize protection in the evolving cannabis legal landscape. Samantha also has extensive experience advising companies (ranging from startups to large public companies) on risk management, debt structuring, workouts, acquisition strategy, capitalization, and compliance.
Samantha is regularly featured in leading industry publications and as a speaker on industry and legal panels. interviewed and published in leading debt media outlets. In addition to the awards noted above, Samantha was selected as a Rising Star in the 2015 – 2023 editions of New York Metro Super Lawyers® and featured in The New York Times Magazine Super Lawyers® Top Women Attorneys in the New York Metro Area. Samantha is an adjunct professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she co-teaches a course in cannabis law. Her publications include having co-authored an article featured on the cover of the ABI Journal discussing suggested reforms to the federal bankruptcy process. Earlier in her career, Samantha was awarded the International Bar Association’s Insolvency Scholarship for her award winning article on distressed law firms. Prior to joining Feuerstein Kulick, Samantha worked at King & Spalding LLP in New York, in the corporate finance and investments group.