One of London’s leading insolvency lawyers has been appointed as an offshore judge | 6d
Restructuring and insolvency
Firm cites commitment to financial services sector as it launches 34th US office with trio of finance, bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers recruited earlier this year from Burr & Forman | 1w
Oksana Lashko joins from Morrison Foerster amid wider investment in global restructuring team | 1mo
Bevis Metcalfe and Kieran Sharma join from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Sidley Austin respectively as US firm rebuilds City restructuring bench | 1mo
Nicholas Dunstone marks Jones Day’s fifth lateral partner hire in Australia this year | 2mos
Weil European Distress Index shows growing financial distress across all markets it tracks during second quarter | 2mos
Clifford Chance’s global restructuring co-head Philip Hertz and London restructuring lead Melissa Coakley join Sidley as US firm continues City hiring spree | 3mos
Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices | 3mos
Deal sees around 40 London staff join HF to boost dispute resolution, insolvency and real estate offering | 4mos
UK firm self-reports to Solicitors Regulation Authority following insolvency judge’s highly critical remarks | 4mos
Team is led by Neil Devaney, who returns as head of London financial restructuring | 5mos
Opposing counsel Boies Schiller Flexner raised AI error issues in bankruptcy case | 5mos
Joshua Feltman joins with an $80m pay package over three years, according to the Financial Times | 5mos
Brian Schartz and John Luze take the number of partners joining the practice from Kirkland to five | 6mos
Four-strong debt finance and restructuring team bolster ranks ahead of proposed merger with Perkins Coie | 6mos
Scott Heard joins in New York to lead Skadden’s private credit practice as Matthew Murphy joins corporate restructuring group in Chicago | 6mos
David Nemecek brings vast distressed situations experience; firm plans Dallas opening as part of the new practice launch | 7mos
Just a year after Saks’s $2.7bn acquisition of Neiman Marcus, the filing reflects broader challenges for traditional brick-and-mortar luxury retail | 8mos
Latest intake is down from 39 in 2024 but overall promotions including counsel are 12% higher | 10mos
Mike Rainey and Asal Saghari both join as partners to grow firm’s Middle East footprint | 10mos