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Mr James Giddens

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Work Department

Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy (Chair).

Position

Trustee for the liquidation of MF Global, Inc. Trustee for the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, Inc. Created the Corporate Reorganization Group of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Served as Trustee for various SIPC broker-dealer liquidations. Served as SEC Restitution Fund Administrator for A.R. Baron & Co., Inc. Emphasis on acquisitions and sales of financially distressed entities and representation of major creditor constituencies. Various articles and lecturer on insolvency matters. Yale Law School Chirelstein Colloquium on Corporate Law (2014). Sullivan & Cromwell Conference on Global Financial Issues – Yale Law School – (2013).

Career

Chair, Corporate Reorganization Group, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Partner since 1974. Trustee, Board of Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College. Trustee, Williamstown Theater Festival, Member. Advisory Council of Austen Riggs Hospital (Stockbridge, Mass).

Languages

Spanish; French.

Memberships

American Bankruptcy Institute, American Bar Association, Association of the Bar of City of New York, International Bar Association and INSOL.

Education

Yale Law School, LL.B., 1966 Dartmouth College, A.B., 1959.