Restructuring and insolvency

Bevis Metcalfe and Kieran Sharma join from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader and Sidley Austin respectively as US firm rebuilds City restructuring bench | 1w

Nicholas Dunstone marks Jones Day’s fifth lateral partner hire in Australia this year | 3w

Weil European Distress Index shows growing financial distress across all markets it tracks during second quarter | 1mo

Clifford Chance’s global restructuring co-head Philip Hertz and London restructuring lead Melissa Coakley join Sidley as US firm continues City hiring spree | 1mo

Ashurst Perkins Coie launches with more than 950 partners across 52 global offices | 1mo

Deal sees around 40 London staff join HF to boost dispute resolution, insolvency and real estate offering | 2mos

UK firm self-reports to Solicitors Regulation Authority following insolvency judge’s highly critical remarks | 2mos

Team is led by Neil Devaney, who returns as head of London financial restructuring | 3mos

Opposing counsel Boies Schiller Flexner raised AI error issues in bankruptcy case | 3mos

Joshua Feltman joins with an $80m pay package over three years, according to the Financial Times | 3mos

Brian Schartz and John Luze take the number of partners joining the practice from Kirkland to five | 4mos

Four-strong debt finance and restructuring team bolster ranks ahead of proposed merger with Perkins Coie | 4mos

Scott Heard joins in New York to lead Skadden’s private credit practice as Matthew Murphy joins corporate restructuring group in Chicago | 5mos

David Nemecek brings vast distressed situations experience; firm plans Dallas opening as part of the new practice launch | 6mos

Just a year after Saks’s $2.7bn acquisition of Neiman Marcus, the filing reflects broader challenges for traditional brick-and-mortar luxury retail | 7mos

Latest intake is down from 39 in 2024 but overall promotions including counsel are 12% higher | 8mos

Mike Rainey and Asal Saghari both join as partners to grow firm’s Middle East footprint | 9mos

Ropes’ business restructuring chair, Ryan Dahl, leads team move across New York and Chicago | 10mos

Tie up with iLS sees London-based Norman Pepe join as an equity partner | 10mos