Katten has added a new partner, Michaela Crocker, to its Insolvency and Restructuring practice in Dallas. She is the 10th attorney to join the practice this year and the third this month. Crocker formerly was of counsel in the Business Restructuring & Reorganization practice at Jones Day.
Julia Gavrilov, counsel in the Garden City, NJ, office of Moritt Hock & Hamroff, was chosen as a recipient of the 2020 Secured Finance Network’s 40 Under 40 Awards. The global award recognizes rising stars in the secured finance industry.
A U.S. bankruptcy judge in Nevada recently confirmed Alpha Guardian’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, with Nicholas Rubin, co-founder of Force 10 Partners, serving as chief restructuring officer.
Charles Pesant joined Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison as a partner in the corporate department and the securitization practice group. He will be based in the firm’s New York office. Pesant focuses his practice on domestic and cross-border structured finance deals.
Jeffrey C. Hampton and Mark Minuti, partners at Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, were named recipients of the 2020 Mid-Size Company Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Award by the TMA in recognition of their work on behalf of Coordinated Health.
Faegre Drinker added Brett Fallon to the firm’s Wilmington, DE office as a partner in the finance and restructuring group. Fallon joined the firm from Morris James. He is the ninth attorney to join Faegre Drinker’s finance and restructuring group since June 1, 2020.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett added James Howe to its mergers and acquisitions practice as a partner in the London office. Howe has experience advising private equity firms and financial institutions on deals.
Haynes and Boone has selected Taylor H. Wilson, partner and co-chair of the firm’s Investment Management Practice Group, to succeed Tim Powers as the firm’s managing partner effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Hunton Andrews Kurth is advising Hi-Crush (HCR) in its Chapter 11 filing. HCR filed its petition for Chapter 11 protection on July 12 in the Southern District of Texas, listing approximately $600 million in debt.
A Haynes and Boone team represented Capitol Peak Partners in its winning joint bid with KKR to acquire Borden Dairy as a part of the milk producer’s 363 sales process to sell its assets out of bankruptcy.