News Topic: Law Firms

Jeffrey D. Pawlitz  has joined law firm  King & Spalding  as a partner in the financial restructuring group. Mr. Pawlitz, who most recently worked with  Kirkland & Ellis  in Chicago, will be based in New York. He has advised managers and directors ... Read full article

The retention of a professional firm in a chapter 11 case, while requiring some thoughtful and perhaps tedious work, is incredibly straightforward. There are long established standards that are intended to protect the integrity of the proceeding and form ... Read full article

Thomas M. Horan  will lead the law firm  Shaw Fishman Glantz & Towbin’s  new office in Delaware. Mr. Horan, who most recently worked with law firm  Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice , has represented debtors, creditors’ committees and other parties ... Read full article

Alvin F. Benton Jr. has joined law firm Dorf & Nelson in the litigation department. Mr. Benton has experience in debt restructurings, receiverships and other bankruptcy matters, and he also has experience in business and real-estate litigation. He ... Read full article

Timothy Bennett has joined law firm Seyfarth Shaw as senior counsel in the firm’s corporate department. Mr. Bennett focuses on distressed and special situations sectors and has worked with brokerages, hedge funds and banks. He has experience in bankruptcy ... Read full article

Jorge Neri Bonilla  has become partner at legal and business counseling firm  JNF & Asociados  in Los Angeles, where he will work on strategic business consulting and negotiation. Mr. Bonilla, an entrepreneur who speaks English and Spanish, has ... Read full article

David Ampaw and Chris Parker have been promoted to partner in the restructuring group in DLA Piper’s London office. Mr. Ampaw has advised clients in restructurings, workouts and insolvencies in the U.K. and abroad, and he has experience in the oil and gas ... Read full article

Jason J. DeJonker  has joined law firm  Bryan Cave  in Chicago as a partner with the bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights group, where he will work on litigation related to corporate bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and mergers and acquisitions. ... Read full article

David Flannery has joined  GSO Capital Partners , Blackstone’s global credit investment platform, as a senior managing director. Mr. Flannery, who will be based in New York, most recently worked with  Anchorage Capital Group . He has experience in ... Read full article

Jill Frizzley  has joined law firm  Weil, Gosthal & Manges  as counsel in the business finance and restructuring department. Ms. Frizzley, who most recently worked with  Shearman & Sterling , has represented creditors, debtors, ... Read full article

Tim Hassenger  and  Drew McManigle  have joined advisory firm  SierraConstellation Partners  to help expand the firm’s presence in Texas. Mr. Hassenger, a partner in the Dallas office, has experience in studying turnaround trends and has advised on ... Read full article

Justine J. Block has joined law firm Hahn & Hessen as special counsel. Ms. Block has experience in buying and selling distressed assets, and she represents commercial banks, investment banks and hedge funds. She has worked on bankruptcy cases ... Read full article

Kristen Campana has joined the multi-tranche finance group at Proskauer as a partner. Ms. Campana has worked in domestic and international financings and has experience in bankruptcy. She also has worked with distressed investors. Most recently, Ms. ... Read full article

H. Stephen Castro has joined law firm Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Castro, who most recently worked with Kaye Scholer , represents lenders, private-equity firms and others in distressed investing and restructuring ... Read full article

Christopher Updike  has joined law firm  Debevoise & Plimpton  and will be counsel in the firm’s business restructuring and workouts practice. Mr. Updike, who will work out of the New York office, represents debtors, creditors, lenders in others in ... Read full article

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. ... Read full article

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 ... Read full article

Zuma Press Companies seeking the fresh start of bankruptcy aren’t the only ones that have to contend with the transparency that is at the heart of chapter 11. ... Read full article