Mr Edward Sassower > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 LEXINGTON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States
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Position

Serves on Kirkland’s Executive Committee. Represents debtors, creditors and distressed or special situation investors in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings and acquisitions. Company-side representations include Intelsat, Ascena Retail Group, Gulfport Energy Corporation, Hornbeck Offshore Services, Mood Media Corporation, PetSmart, Acosta, Barneys, Toys “R” Us, Westmoreland Coal, Energy Future Holdings, PES Holdings, Ameriforge Group, Sequa Corporation, Midstates Petroleum, Magnum Hunter Resources, Penn Virginia, MSR Resorts, Sbarro, Horizon Lines, Majestic Star, Calpine, NRG Energy, Muzak and Leiner. Represented ad hoc committees in restructurings of Bonanza Creek, Ocean Rig UDW, Capmark, Lyondell, AbitibiBowater and Mirant. Regularly represents private equity and hedge funds in acquisitions of distressed companies.

Memberships

Serves as an adjunct professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania teaching a course on “Corporate Restructuring.” Serves on the board of numerous charities including Team Rubicon and UJA – Federation of New York.

Education

Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1998; Duke University, B.A., 1995.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate

(Hall of Fame)

Edward Sassower – Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s restructuring group provides a wide range of business advisory and crisis management services to navigate clients through restructurings and insolvency matters. The team consists of over two hundred restructuring attorneys across the firm’s global team, including the London, Munich and Hong Kong offices, which frequently collaborate with the US team to handle cross-border restructuring projects. The New York-based Josh Sussberg and Nicole Greenblatt have experience in all variations of financial and operational restructurings and insolvency proceedings, with the firm acting on behalf of domestic and multinational corporations. New York lawyer Edward Sassower co-heads the practice with Sussberg and focuses on representing debtors, creditors and distressed investors in bankruptcy cases alongside out-of-court restructurings and acquisitions. Anup Sathy is based in Chicago and represents a range of parties in all aspects of distressed and insolvency situations, while New York lawyers Emily Geier and Christine Okike are skilled in a wide array of restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings, with Okike representing a range of clients across numerous industries including automotive, sports and cryptocurrency. Ross Kwasteniet is based in Chicago and is noted for his experience in representing both buyers and sellers of distressed assets, and Ciara Foster, in New York, is a name to watch due to her involvement in a number of high profile Chapter 11 cases.