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• Indian law firm IndusLaw hires new Mumbai head

  Apr 17 2012 Indian law firm IndusLaw has hired the former general counsel at ICICI Bank Ltd. Pramod Rao began working with ICICI in 1996, and is set to end his tenure there in... more

• Lovells invites 21 lawyers to partnership

  Apr 15 2010 Lovells has promoted 21 lawyers to the partnership in the annual promotions round – an increase from the 19 that were appointed in 2009’s round, but down from the 31... more

• Reed Smith hires partner from McDermott Will & Emery

  Apr 06 2010 Reed Smith has moved to boost its London restructuring and insolvency practice with the hire of former McDermott Will & Emery partner Georgia Quenby. Richard... more

• Greenberg Traurig bulks up restructuring and insolvency practice with two hires

  Mar 25 2010 Greenberg Traurig Maher hired two partners from the London office of Kirkland & Ellis. Paul Atherton and Jason Salman make the shift this week, along with associate... more

• Salans hires Ashurst restructuring partner Dietmar Schulz

  Jan 08 2010 Salans LLP has hired Ashurst restructuring and finance partner Dietmar Schulz as a partner in its Frankfurt office. Schulz will add to Salans’ existing corporate... more

• Weil Gotshal's Lehman bankruptcy fees exceed $100m

  Aug 19 2009 Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to pass the $100m mark in total billings on the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, reports legalweek. Weil Gotshal's first request for $55m... more

• White & Case loses restructuring partner Dan Hamilton to Ashurst

  Aug 12 2009 UK law firm Ashurst has added restructuring partner Dan Hamilton from White & Case to its London office. Hamilton focuses on corporate and financial restructuring... more

• Horst Piepenburg resigns as Arcandor insolvency administrator

  Jul 17 2009 Horst Piepenburg, member of the insolvency administrator team of Arcandor AG and fully authorized representative of the German-based retail and tourism holding,... more

• Clifford Chance loses restructuring star Kolja von Bismarck to Linklaters

  Jul 17 2009 German corporate restructuring expert Kolja von Bismarck has been appointed as a partner at Linklaters' Berlin office. Von Bismarck was a partner at Clifford Chance... more

• Lovells loses Italian insolvency chief Silvio Tersilla to Gianni

  May 13 2009 Lovells has lost the head of its Italian business restructuring and insolvency team, Silvio Tersilla, to its Italian leader Gianni Origoni Grippo & Partners. Tersilla... more

• Lehman's affiliate in Germany seeks bankruptcy protection in US

  Apr 29 2009 The German affiliate of now-defunct investment firm Lehman Brothers, known as Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG, recently requested insolvency protection under Chapter 15 of... more

• Are bankruptcy-related M&As on the rise?

  Apr 14 2009 Reports exist that bankruptcy-related acquisitions and mergers have reached their highest levels in almost five years. Moreover, numerous experts suggest that such... more

• Madoff victims sue to compel his bankruptcy

  Apr 13 2009 Victims of a fraud to which former financial advisor Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty last month have filed a request in US Federal court to compel his bankruptcy under... more

• Simpson Thacher recruits White & Case's Sandeep Qusba

  Apr 07 2009 US firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has announced that Sandeep Qusba, most recently a partner at White & Case, has joined joining the ranks of its bankruptcy and... more

• JP Morgan brings action to protect WaMu asset purchase

  Mar 26 2009 In response to a US bankruptcy court action brought by the former parent of failed lender Washington Mutual, US bank JP Morgan sought a declaration that it properly... more

• Goodmans takes top spot in Canadian insolvency lawyers poll

  Mar 11 2009 Legal Post has published a list of top Canadian insolvency law players, ranked according to a veteran lawyer's poll: 1. Goodmans 2. Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 3.... more

• White & Case allies with Hong Kong's Laracy Gall

  Feb 16 2009 White & Case has joined forces with Hong Kong dispute resolution boutique Laracy Gall, preparing for a flood of bankruptcies in South East Asia. White & Case has... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell hires bankruptcy veteran Michael Crames

  Jan 28 2009 Davis Polk & Wardwell announced it has hired bankruptcy veteran Michael Crames as senior counsel. Crames co-authored of the "The Fundamentals of Bankruptcy and... more

• Linklaters, Slaughter and May take key roles in Wedgwood insolvency

  Jan 06 2009 Linklaters and Slaughter and May have landed key advisory roles after UK china and crystal company Waterford Wedgwood entered into administration yesterday.... more

• Linklaters, Nabarro take lead roles on latest bank insolvency

  Dec 01 2008 Linklaters and Nabarro are advising the financial services company London Scottish Bank, which went into administration today. London Scottish Bank specializes in... more

• Linklaters puts 20 partners on Lehman job

  Sep 22 2008 The number of Linklaters partners advising on the Lehman Brothers UK administration has climbed to 20 in the space of five days - one of the biggest senior legal teams... more

• O'Melveny signs up White & Case partner Fairbairn for Hong Kong office

  Aug 04 2008 O’Melveny & Myers has bolstered its restructuring and insolvency capabilities with the hire of White & Case partner Mark Fairbairn for the firm’s Hong Kong office,... more

• Clifford Chance hires White & Case insolvency man

  Jun 17 2008 Clifford Chance has bolstered its French insolvency team with the hire of a partner from White & Case. Reinhard Dammann joins the City giant’s Paris arm as a partner... more

• Linklaters launches Dutch insolvency team with Simmons

  Feb 06 2008 Linklaters has launched a restructuring and insolvency practice in the Netherlands with the hire of a Simmons & Simmons partner. Corporate recovery lawyer Paul Kuipers... more