Hilco Global announced that Ryan Lawlor joined the firm as vice president and assistant general counsel. Lawlor will fill the position that had been previously held by Ian Fredericks who has taken a new position with Hilco Merchant Resources.

Lawlor will be responsible for handling in-house corporate legal matters as well as specific business transactions and deals that require counsel at one of the 20+ operating companies within the Hilco Global portfolio. He will reports directly to Eric Kaup, executive vice president, general counsel.

Kaup said, “we are very fortunate to have added such a high caliber attorney to the Hilco Global team. Ryan’s knowledge of the law and hands-on transaction experience will serve all of our operating companies and their clients extremely well”.

Lawlor has extensive experience practicing law as a highly respected attorney from Bryan Cave, where he had been representing and advising a range of clients including lenders, buyers and sellers in Article 9 sales, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and sales pursuant to Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. To date, his focus has been on distressed asset sales and mergers and acquisitions deals, and recently included legal work for Hilco on the RG Steel Mill/Sparrows Point Terminal transaction.

Ian Fredericks was recently been promoted to the position of SVP, Strategic Growth, Client Development and General Counsel for Hilco Merchant Resources. Fredericks joined Hilco Global from Skadden-Arps in 2011, where he served in the corporate restructuring group