Restructuring expert David Hillman will be joining Proskauer’s Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group as a partner in its Corporate Department.

“We are pleased to welcome David to Proskauer,” said Martin Bienenstock, partner and chair of Proskauer’s Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. “David’s acclaimed intellectual and practical prowess in formulating restructurings for creditors, many of which are Proskauer clients, is a perfect match with our restructuring practice.”

Hillman’s practice focuses on corporate restructuring, with an emphasis on the representation of secured creditors, ad hoc groups, hedge funds, buyers of distressed assets and other major stakeholders in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases across a wide array of industries. Practicing for more than 24 years, he has substantial experience in every phase of distressed investing and litigating issues involving plan confirmation, solvency, valuation, financing and cash collateral disputes, contested 363 sales, fraudulent transfers, equitable subordination, recharacterization breach of fiduciary duty and similar disputes.

“David is a seasoned leader who brings a wealth of experience in large restructurings and insolvency issues and holds an impressive track record on creditor rights matters having represented a wide range of providers of private credit,” said Steven Ellis, co-head of the Private Credit Group and member of the Firm’s Executive Committee.

Proskauer’s Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group has had major roles for debtors and creditors’ committees in some of the largest, most contested and highest-profile Chapter 11 and sovereign restructuring cases.