Willkie Farr & Gallagher announced Leonard Klingbaum joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate and Financial Services Department in the New York office, where he will be a member of the Banking Debt Finance practice.

Klingbaum has nearly 15 years of experience representing clients in financial matters including in connection with acquisition finance, and distressed and insolvency matters. He regularly represents participants in all aspects of distressed investing, strategic lending, loan-to-own and restructuring matters. He also acts on behalf of private equity firms and corporate clients as general finance counsel.