
Latham & Watkins LLP's Restructuring & Special Situations practice offers longstanding expertise in financial and operational restructuring, including cross-border restructuring, as well as in insolvency matters and distressed M&A. Practice head Frank Grell also focuses on financial and operational restructuring and complements this with expertise in insolvency-related litigation and refinancing, which is regularly called upon by debtors, creditors and insolvency administrators. In May 2024, the restructuring experts Jörn Kowalewski, Ulrich Klockenbrink and counsel Hendrik Hauke moved to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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