Winston & Strawn added Sanjay Thapar as a partner in the firm’s New York office and as a member of the transactions department’s finance practice. He will co-chair the global leveraged finance team working within the firm’s finance practice.
Winston & Strawn added two partners to the firm’s rapidly growing Miami office: Carl A. Fornaris, who joins the Transactions Department, and Jared R. Kessler, who joins the firm’s Litigation Department.
Winston & Strawn added Sean F. Hilson as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as a member of the firm’s corporate practice. Hilson represents private equity sponsors, financial institutions and corporate borrowers in all aspects of debt financing transactions.
Winston & Strawn added corporate counsel Jeffrey R. Shuman as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as a member of its capital markets practice. Shuman has focused his practice on meeting the needs of companies across a range of M&A and capital markets transactions.
Tim Walsh joined Winston & Strawn as the global chair of the firm’s restructuring and insolvency practice in its New York office. Walsh has more than 30 years of experience advising U.S. and international clients on all aspects of restructuring transactions.
Winston & Strawn added Rachel Gray as a partner in the firm’s New York office and a member of the leveraged finance team. Gray most recently served as partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis.
Winston & Strawn added Andy Hutchinson as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office and as a member of its global leveraged finance team.
Tallwood is the secured lender to Wave Computing and its subsidiaries, including MIPS Tech, in the company’s Chapter 11 filing.
Winston & Strawn hired James T. Bentley, an experienced bankruptcy and restructuring attorney, as a partner in the firm’s New York office.