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On the Move

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
November 21, 2008

McCarter & English, LLP announces that Charles A. Stanziale, Jr. has joined the firm's Newark, NJ, office along with colleagues Jeffrey T. Testa and Brian L. Baker. In addition, two associates have accompanied the three new partners, all of whom were with McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP in New Jersey. Stanziale has been appointed operating trustee in numerous Chapter 11 cases and both operating and liquidating trustee in Chapter 7 cases, as well as acting as a litigation trustee in several matters.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced that David Feldman, Eric Wise and Matthew Williams have joined the firm's New York office as partners in the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group, with Feldman taking a leadership role as Co-Chair of the group. The three were formerly partners at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, where Feldman was the co-head of the Distressed and Special Situations Lending Group. Feldman focuses his practice on the representation of distressed investors, lenders, bondholders and creditor committees. He regularly represents hedge funds and financial institutions in connection with the investment of companies in distress.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has announced that Raniero D'Aversa, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner and head of its New York creditors' rights and bankruptcy practice. Previously the co-chair of Mayer Brown's global restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency group, D'Aversa counsels DIP lenders, secured lenders and bank groups, investment banks, hedge funds and other financial institution creditors in bankruptcies, workouts, restructurings, liquidations, distressed debt transactions and acquisitions. His addition at Orrick follows the recent arrival of Mark Fennessy, the former head of Hunton & Williams' corporate restructuring and insolvency group in London.

McCarter & English, LLP announces that Charles A. Stanziale, Jr. has joined the firm's Newark, NJ, office along with colleagues Jeffrey T. Testa and Brian L. Baker. In addition, two associates have accompanied the three new partners, all of whom were with McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP in New Jersey. Stanziale has been appointed operating trustee in numerous Chapter 11 cases and both operating and liquidating trustee in Chapter 7 cases, as well as acting as a litigation trustee in several matters.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced that David Feldman, Eric Wise and Matthew Williams have joined the firm's New York office as partners in the Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group, with Feldman taking a leadership role as Co-Chair of the group. The three were formerly partners at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, where Feldman was the co-head of the Distressed and Special Situations Lending Group. Feldman focuses his practice on the representation of distressed investors, lenders, bondholders and creditor committees. He regularly represents hedge funds and financial institutions in connection with the investment of companies in distress.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has announced that Raniero D'Aversa, Jr. has joined the firm as a partner and head of its New York creditors' rights and bankruptcy practice. Previously the co-chair of Mayer Brown's global restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency group, D'Aversa counsels DIP lenders, secured lenders and bank groups, investment banks, hedge funds and other financial institution creditors in bankruptcies, workouts, restructurings, liquidations, distressed debt transactions and acquisitions. His addition at Orrick follows the recent arrival of Mark Fennessy, the former head of Hunton & Williams' corporate restructuring and insolvency group in London.

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