The Honourable Elizabeth Stong sits as a judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of New York. Speaking at the IBA 5th World Women Lawyers’ Conference in London in April, she describes her career progression and shares her views on insolvency and bankruptcy issues in New York with Busola Taiwo of Who’s Who Legal.
The International Who's Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers has brought together four of the leading practitioners in world to discuss key issues facing lawyers today.
The International Who's Who of Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyers has brought together four of the leading practitioners in world to discuss key issues facing lawyers today.
In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.
With the benefit of over 15 years of research and tens of thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the insolvency and restructuring legal marketplace worldwide.
With the benefit of over 14 years of research and tens of thousands of votes from clients and private practitioners, Who’s Who Legal takes a closer look at developing trends in the insolvency & restructuring legal marketplace worldwide.
In this section we anlayse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.
Many of the lawyers we interviewed for this book were keen not to sound too upbeat when recounting their experiences in 2009. While corporate transaction levels remained low worldwide and the hardships caused by the financial crisis continued the majority of insolvency and restructuring lawyers we spoke to were managing levels of work “far beyond anything we’ve ever seen before”.
We identify 424 expert insolvency and restructuring lawyers across 44 jurisdictions. Some of the leaders are highlighted here.
Following the global economic downturn, insolvency and restructuring work has become an increasingly prominent part of many lawyers’ practice and there is no exception for those working in the CIS. Twenty individuals are included.
Several firms are listed in multiple countries. Allen & Overy LLP has a strong contingent in the following pages with a total of six lawyers.
Emma Notfors takes a closer look at the issues facing insolvency & restructuring lawyers.
The current economic climate means that insolvency and restructuring lawyers are finding themselves in ever greater demand. In California many corporate lawyers are choosing to focus more of their time in this area - particularly in restructuring. The specialists we spoke to said this has been a particularly busy year, with all signs pointing to even higher levels of activity in 2009.
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Nominees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and private practice lawyers worldwide. Only specialists who have met independent international research criteria are listed.
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