bankruptcy moves

Coming and Going Concerns

03/07/16

Steven Agran has been promoted to principal and shareholder at turnaround firm MorrisAnderson, and Mark Briden has been promoted to director. Mr. Agran, who is based in New York City, was previously managing director.

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Coming and Going Concerns

02/22/16

Jonathan Levine has joined Morrison & Foerster as a partner with the business restructuring and insolvency group. Mr. Levine, who most recently worked with Andrews Kurth, has represented creditors’ committees and bondholder groups in industries including mining and energy. In addition to working on chapter 11 cases, he also has worked on out-of-court restructurings and distressed acquisitions. Mr.

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Coming and Going Concerns

01/28/16

Eric Fisher and Lindsay Bush have has joined Binder & Schwartz as a partner and associate, respectively. Mr. Fisher and Ms.

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Coming and Going Concerns

01/07/16

Peter Declercq and Sonya Van de Graaff joined Morrison & Foerster in London as partners in the law firm’s business restructuring and insolvency practice. They regularly represent hedge funds and other distressed investors. Mr. Declercq’s practice includes representing formal and ad hoc creditor groups in out-of-court restructurings around the world, while Ms.

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Coming and Going Concerns

12/03/15

Michael I. Goldberg is now co-chair at Akerman’s new fraud and recovery practice. Mr. Goldberg, the liquidating trustee in the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler bankruptcy case, focuses on Ponzi schemes and receiverships. He has also represented the chapter 11 trustee for the estate of boy-band magnate Lou Pearlman, who was convicted of running a $500 million Ponzi scheme.

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Coming and Going Concerns

11/05/15

Paul E. Harner has joined law firm Ballard Spahr as a partner with the restructuring practice. Mr.

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Coming and Going Concerns

10/15/15

Renée Dailey has joined law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius as a partner with the bankruptcy and restructuring practice. Ms. Dailey has experience representing insurance companies and other institutional investors and has worked with clients in the U.S. and around the world. Most recently, she was a partner with law firm Bracewell & Giuliani.

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Coming and Going Concerns

09/03/15

Sarah Frankel has launched the525group, a recruitment firm for professional services firms in the bankruptcy and restructuring industry. Ms. Frankel, a board adviser at the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, has also been on the board of the Turnaround Management Association. She has experience as a business development adviser.

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Coming and Going Concerns

07/30/15

Bankruptcy and restructuring firm Chilmark Partners has started a joint venture with global finance firm Burford Capital, DBR reported via WSJ. The venture, Bankruptcy Litigation Funding LLC, will focus on advisory and financing services for bankruptcy-related claims.

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