Community news
FRP boosts London restructuring team
FRP Advisory has expanded its restructuring team in London with a partner hire from the UK’s financial regulator and a new director who worked on the Thomas Cook and HMV insolvencies.
13 January 2022
Promotions round-up: new year, new partners
Jones Day, Norton Rose Fulbright, Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Harneys have made partner promotions around the world, while Davis Polk & Wardwell has named a new counsel and Cole Schotz has announced new members in North America.
11 January 2022
FTI Consulting hires from Protiviti in US, loses one in Cayman
FTI Consulting has hired a team of restructuring professionals from global consulting firm Protiviti, but lost another to Crowe Cayman.
07 January 2022
Teneo buys KPMG’s Cayman and BVI restructuring arms
Global advisory firm Teneo, which last year bought Deloitte’s UK restructuring business, has acquired the Cayman and British Virgin Islands restructuring arms of KPMG.
06 January 2022
Gowling WLG recruits Womble Bond Dickinson London lead
Womble Bond Dickinson’s former London restructuring team leader has joined Gowling WLG.
05 January 2022
Forbes Hare hires “industry leader” in the Cayman Islands
Former Conyers Dill & Pearman partner Ben Hobden has joined boutique law firm Forbes Hare in the Cayman Islands, bringing with him recent experience working on the Ocean Rig and Abraaj bankruptcies.
04 January 2022
M3 adds former hedge fund manager in New York
New York-headquartered corporate advisory firm M3 Partners has hired a former hedge fund manager who worked on the Nortel Networks and Caesars Entertainment bankruptcies.
23 December 2021
Rimon’s German wing welcomes new partner from DLA Piper
US firm Rimon’s new German arm has hired a former counsel from DLA Piper to join its fledgling Frankfurt office as a partner.
22 December 2021
New Weil study on corporate distress finds liquidity pressures rising
UK corporates experienced the highest levels of relative distress in Europe during the pandemic, a new study from Weil Gotshal & Manges has found, with liquidity pressures now rising as governments roll back financial stimulus measures.
16 December 2021
New York’s Judge Chapman set to retire
Judge Shelley Chapman, who has presided over the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy since 2014, has announced plans to step down from the bench in New York.
15 December 2021