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Ira Dizengoff
Work Department
Partner; Financial Restructuring
Position
Ira Dizengoff represents official committees, ad hoc groups of unsecured and secured creditors, debtor in possession lenders, institutional investors, hedge funds and acquirers of businesses and assets, in large, complex cases, out-of-court and in chapter 11. His restructuring matters encompass a variety of industries and involve multijurisdictional and cross-border matters.
Significant matters include Diamond Sports Group, SVB Financial Group, Steward Health Care, Enviva, Altice US, GTT Communications, Avaya, Talen Energy, Travelport, Sears, Intelsat, Scandinavian Airlines, to name a few.
To learn more about Ira, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/ira-s-dizengoff.html
Career
For many years, Ira has been recognized as a leading lawyer by various industry publications/directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The Legal 500 US, The American Lawyer, Turnarounds & Workouts and Law360.
Memberships
Member, New Jersey and New York Bars
Education
BA, magna cum laude, Brandeis University; JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Member, Cardozo Law Review.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
(Leading partners)Akin is a global force in restructurings. Its giant team, spread across the US, Europe and Asia, has worked on many of the multi-billion dollar restructurings around the world. It frequently acts for official creditors’ committees and ad hoc groups, while also representing debtors and significant investors in major engagements. Ira Dizengoff is global head of the financial restructuring practice and has an established record in major distressed and bankruptcy-related matters; he has represented official creditors’ committees on some of the largest restructurings in the market. Philip Dublin is practice group leader of the financial restructuring group and is also a prominent figure in representing official creditors’ committees and ad hoc groups in large-scale restructurings. Michael Stamer is another senior figure within the team, along with Abid Qureshi, who heads the New York office and is a prominent name in restructuring litigation. Arik Preis and Washington DC’s Scott Alberino are also key partners in the team. Sara Brauner is another emerging talent. All named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)