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On the Move
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP announced that Michael A. Cohen has joined the firm as a partner in its Restructuring and Insolvency practice group. He will be based in the firm's New York office. Cohen was previously with Kirkland & Ellis, where he was a partner in the Restructuring group and focused primarily on Chapter 11 and out-of-court restructurings.
Perkins Coie has opened an office in New York designed to broaden its restructuring practice to include the representation of Chapter 11 debtors' and creditors' committees in the Southern District of New York. Former Arent Fox partner Schuyler G. Carroll has joined the firm and will be the partner in charge of the office. Carroll focuses his practice on complex restructuring, transactional, litigation and advisory work. He has represented a wide variety of debtors, creditor committees, secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders, indenture trustees, trustees, landlords, investors and purchasers in Chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcy proceedings, out of court workouts and non-judicial reorganizations and restructurings. Carroll joins a Bankruptcy & Restructuring group of nearly 30 attorneys that represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, court-appointed trustees and creditors' committees.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
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Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
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A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.