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Richard Levin Joins Cravath, Swaine & Moore
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2007/05/09 12:29
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On July 1, 2007, Richard Levin will join Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP as a partner to head the Firm's newly established restructuring and insolvency practice. Rich, who served as counsel to a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee from 1975 to 1978, was one of the principal authors of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. He has significant experience guiding debtor and non-debtor clients through insolvency restructuring or reorganization, structuring and negotiating complex deals involving bankrupt companies and, where necessary, directing litigation in support of the negotiations. Rich joins Cravath from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he was a partner in that firm’s corporate restructuring department. |
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