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International Edition

Freshfields Hires Former Ropes & Gray Hong Kong Head as Firm Winds Down Asia Restructuring Practice

Freshfields currently does not have any restructuring, distressed assets or special situation partners based in Greater China. Anderson's joining with a team of lawyers will launch that focused regional offering for the firm.
4 minute read

International Edition

White & Case, Hengeler Lead Host of Firms on €3.2B Restructuring

Among the legal advisers are a range of top U.S. and European firms, as German property giant Adler Group attempts to avoid collapse.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Milbank Lands 27-Year Paul Weiss Finance and Restructuring Vet

Lawrence Wee's practice, which focuses on out-of-court restructuring, sits at the strategic center of several key practice areas, according to Milbank leaders.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Spring Bankruptcy Boom Foretells Broad-Based Insolvency

Corporate restructurings are on the rise among companies that were either hobbled or bolstered by the pandemic.
5 minute read

International Edition

The Lawyers in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

After years of benign market conditions where almost all law firms flourished, we are entering a time when pockets of lawyers are finding themselves in difficulty, writes the Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

Law.com

'All or Nothing': Plaintiffs' Talc Expert Pressed to Provide Names in Groundbreaking Report

U.S. Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo, in New York, is set to decide whether plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline must disclose the 33 individuals in her 2019 article, one of the first to link cosmetic talcum powder to mesothelioma.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs' Lawyers Move to Dismiss J&J's Talc Bankruptcy … Again

In a Monday motion, a talc claimants committee said Johnson & Johnson's LTL Management manufactured financial distress when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Kirkland and Paul Weiss Take Growing Share of Corporate Bankruptcies This Year

As bankruptcy filings tick up, a small group of law firms are winning most of the major debtor-side work.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fifth Circuit Recognizes Finality of Bankruptcy Sale Orders

Fifth Circuit lauds bankruptcy courts, pointing to the importance of finality for bankruptcy sale orders and the damaging impact of COVID-19 on the debtor's business, to affirm good faith purchaser status of an affiliated purchaser.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

May/June Editor's Note: Bank and PFAS Pollution Bailout Woes

The National Law Journal's Bureau Chief Christine Schiffner shares highlights of the NLJ's May/June magazine issue, including the fall Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, as well as if there will be a bailout PFAS defendants.
2 minute read

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