Law Firms

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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Florida Banker Gets Prison Time for Role in Scott Rothstein Fraud

12/21/15

A Florida banker will spend 2 1/2 years in prison following his conviction for helping Scott Rothstein operate a $1 billion-plus Ponzi scheme.

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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

05/14/15

Chris Dickerson and Matt Murphy have joined law firm Paul Hastings in the Chicago office. Mr.

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Lehman’s $83 Million Trader Taped Conversations

04/24/15

A former Lehman Brothers star trader secretly recorded several conversations that he says prove Lehman owes him more than $83 million in bonuses for his work done mostly in 2008, even though he received a similar amount when Barclays PLC bought Lehman, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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