Friday, May 8, 2009

Cadwalader Bolsters Financial Restructuring Department with Addition of New Special Counsel

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, announced that Sharon J. Richardson has joined the firm as special counsel in the Financial Restructuring Department, resident in the New York office.

We are excited to welcome Sharon to our growing restructuring practice. With her experience representing both debtors and creditors in high-profile chapter 11 cases, she will be an excellent addition to an already strong team

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 8, 2009 -- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, announced that Sharon J. Richardson has joined the firm as special counsel in the Financial Restructuring Department, resident in the New York office.

“We are excited to welcome Sharon to our growing restructuring practice. With her experience representing both debtors and creditors in high-profile chapter 11 cases, she will be an excellent addition to an already strong team,” said Christopher White, the Chairman of Cadwalader.

“During these turbulent times, clients seek our counsel whether they are responding to challenges or seizing opportunities. Sharon has the experience and knowledge to assist them with these complex and time sensitive issues,” said Deryck Palmer, Co-Chair of Cadwalader’s Financial Restructuring Department. “We are delighted to welcome her to the firm and look forward to working with her.”

“Sharon has a great knowledge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and experience in coordinating multi-party and multi-jurisdictional proceedings. She provides immediate value and complements our 65-lawyer team,” said John Rapisardi, Co-Chair of Cadwalader’s Financial Restructuring Department.

Ms. Richardson joins Cadwalader from the New York office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where she served as counsel. She concentrates her practice in the representation of debtors, lenders, acquirers, investors, and creditors in restructurings of financially distressed companies in chapter 11 and in cross-border chapter 15 cases, as well as outside formal judicial proceedings. Ms. Richardson has extensive experience in all aspects of traditional as well as prepackaged chapter 11 cases, having represented debtors in the restructurings of such companies as LandSource Communities, Atkins Nutritionals, WorldCom, Regal Cinemas, PennCorp Financial Group, Crystal Brands, R.H. Macy & Co., and Eastern Air Lines, as well as lenders in the Printing Arts America, Recycling Industries, Telesphere Communications, and Elder-Beerman chapter 11 cases, acquirers of businesses in the U.S. Gen and Printing Arts America cases, and major creditors in the U.S. Gen, Dow Corning, and Orion Pictures chapter 11 cases. She also has represented Security Capital Assurance in its recent out-of-court restructuring and the foreign representatives in the chapter 15 cases of Kaupthing Bank and Hollinger Inc.

Ms. Richardson served on the drafting committee for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, responsible for the procedural guidelines adopted for prepackaged chapter 11 cases, and was a member of the working group for the development of the court’s electronic case filing system. Ms. Richardson publishes frequently on a variety of bankruptcy and restructuring-related topics, is the editor of the two-volume treatise Reorganizing Failing Businesses, and was recognized in the 2008 New York edition of Super Lawyers. She received her B.A. from William Smith College, her M.Ed. from Antioch/New England Graduate School, and her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she served as managing editor of the Cardozo Law Review.

About Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP:
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, established in 1792, is one of the world's leading international law firms, with offices in New York, London, Charlotte, Washington and Beijing. Cadwalader serves a diverse client base, including many of the world's top financial institutions, undertaking business in more than 50 countries in six continents. The firm offers legal expertise in antitrust, banking, business fraud, corporate finance, corporate governance, environmental, financial restructuring and reorganizations, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, private client, private equity, real estate, regulation, securitization, structured finance, and tax. More information about Cadwalader can be found at www.cadwalader.com.

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