Coming and Going Concerns

Mikel R. Bistrow and Christopher Celentino have joined law firm Ballard Spahr LLP as partners in the San Diego office. Ms. Bistrow and Mr. Celentino have experience in insolvency and have worked on bankruptcy filings and wind-downs. Mr. Celentino focuses on creditor rights, business reorganizations and workouts, while Ms. Bistrow specializes in commercial finance and lending. They both joined Ballard Spahr from Foley & Lardner LLP.

Werner Meier has joined King & Spalding as a partner in the Frankfurt, Germany, office, where he’ll help launch the law firm’s European restructuring practice. He focuses on international restructuring, German restructurings and high-yield transactions. Most recently, he was a finance and restructuring partner with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Andrew Wilkinson has joined law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as a partner in its European restructuring practice. He has represented debtors during restructurings, advised financial institutions and worked on securitizations. Mr. Wilkinson joined the firm from Goldman Sachs.

Andrew Wilmont has joined Neuberger Berman Group LLC as lead European high yield portfolio manager. Mr. Wilmont, who’ll be based in London, most recently worked with Alcentra Ltd.  Before working with Alcentra, he led the European high yield strategies group at AXA Investment Managers.

-Compiled by Melanie Cohen.