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...Lawyers at Kirkland & Ellis, the lead bankruptcy counsel to Venator, and Jones Day, the lead bankruptcy counsel to Diebold, did not respond when asked for comment....
...Hammes, for instance, advised Bain Capital on its $6.6bn acquisition of Toys R Us in 2005 — and Kirkland was on hand again in 2017 when the toy retailer filed for bankruptcy, billing the struggling company...
...Shooting for the moon An FT exploration of the events leading up to the crash of the Hakuto-R lander by Japanese start-up ispace in April has uncovered a corporate culture described by some as “toxic”....
...Her application attested to her “disinterestedness” — and still made no mention of her relationship with David R Jones....
...Jackson Walker frequently represents debtors in the Texas court, usually in tandem with a large national firm — often Kirkland & Ellis — that leads the case....
...The plaintiff was Cassie, the R&B singer, who alleged that Combs had abused her. Combs denied the allegations....
...The case is “at the far end of the scale of complexity and difficulty”, John Scott, a barrister for a key Evergrande creditor group represented by Kirkland & Ellis, said in court....
...In the Diebold and Venator cases, Jackson Walker was assisting national firms, Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis, respectively....
...“Todd has great experience in situations at the intersection of finance, politics and regulated industries,” said James Sprayregen, the founder of the restructuring practice at law firm Kirkland & Ellis,...
...Sidley Austin has hired Kirkland & Ellis’ Nicholas Cassin as partner in its investment funds practice, based in New York....
...Freshfields has lost two of its private equity partners, Keir MacLennan and Vincent Bergin, to Kirkland & Ellis....
...He joins from Kirkland & Ellis. Clifford Chance has hired William Sturman and Kelly Labritz as partners in its funds and investment management practice, based in New York....
...Robinhood gets into UK crypto A scroll through r/WallStreetBets is not what it used to be. The frenzied posting of 2021 has subsided as the retail trading frenzy cools....
...Last week Guangzhou R&F, another developer, was placed in restrictive default by Fitch after extending maturities on its debts. Defaults are expected to continue this year....
...A sell-off in its bonds soon spread to other heavily leveraged developers, including Fantasia and Guangzhou R&F, whose bonds have fallen sharply in recent days....
...Fears over refinancing have hit other developers with dollar debts, including Fantasia Group, which was downgraded last week, and Guangzhou R & F....
...The International Maritime Research and Development Board (IMRB) is a $5bn programme, governed by the IMO, to co-ordinate and fund applied R&D to catalyse the introduction of zero-carbon fuels and technologies...
...Erin Nealy Cox, former US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in its government, regulatory and internal investigations group....
...Creditors like Marble Ridge for years had been complaining about how buyout firms with stakes in companies such as Toys R Us and J Crew had been pushing legal and ethical boundaries to avoid having their...
...Kirkland & Ellis is serving as legal counsel to Neiman Marcus, with Lazard its investment banker and Berkeley Research Group its financial adviser....
...“The advantage of bankruptcy is that it offers a breathing spell,” said Nicole Greenblatt, a bankruptcy attorney at Kirkland & Ellis....
...Woo was previously a partner at Kirkland & Ellis....
...Rik Kirkland, partner and director of publishing, McKinsey & Company Rik Kirkland has led McKinsey’s global print and online activities since 2008....
...Yet this is no panacea; Woolworths, Toys R Us and BHS are among well-known retailers to have implemented CVAs and gone on to collapse anyway....
...It, along with Kirkland & Ellis and a few others, dominate the ranks of firms that land the plum assignment of representing bust companies....
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