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Co-US Managing Partner
Chair, Restructuring Practice

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Media Mentions

  • "DLA Piper Forms New Management Team After Strong 2020," Law360, March 9, 2021
  • "New Managing Partners Step In to Lead DLA Piper in the US," Law.com, April 13, 2020
  • "DLA's co-chief in Chicago will run U.S. part of the law firm," Crain's Chicago Business, April 20, 2020
  • "DLA Piper Elevates 2 Attys As Co-US Managing Partners," Law 360, April 14, 2020
  • "Here's another risk factor: Corporate debt," Crain's Chicago Business, March 27, 2020
  • "Barneys Is Sold for Scrap, Ending an Era," The New York Times, November 1, 2019
  • "Barneys $271M Chapter 11 Sale Approved in New York," Law 360, October 31, 2019
  • "Judge Approves Sale of Barneys to Authentic Brands," Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2019
  • "Petition's 2018 Deal of the Year," Petition, December 19, 2018
  • Featured in, "Restructuring Outlook: Optimism and Uncertainty," Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2017
  • Quoted in "Aeropostale's consortium owners just created a new retail model, New York Business Journal and Los Angeles Business Journal, September 22, 2016
  • "PJ Refinanced: Reorganization Boosts Rental Income and Cuts Costs," Turnarounds & Workouts Trends (July/August 2012)
  • "PJ Finance Plan Confirmed," The Deal Pipeline (May 9, 2012)
  • "Entropic to Scoop Up Trident Set-Top Box Assets for $65M," Law360 (February 27, 2012)
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