On the Move

Steven B. Smith has joined Dechert LLP as counsel in the business restructuring and reorganization group in the firm's New York office. He was previously at Brown Rudnick LLP. Smith concentrates his practice in the area of corporate restructuring and creditor's rights. Recently, he represented four official committees of unsecured creditors and tort claimants in the ephedra-related bankruptcy cases and insolvency proceedings of TwinLab, Metabolife, N.V.E., Inc. and Muscletech, which resulted in over $150 million in settlement proceeds for ephedra victims and meaningful recoveries for trade claimants as well.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announces that Perry Mandarino has joined the firm's U.S. Restructuring and Recovery practice as a partner and will serve on the leadership team along with PwC partners Paul Ellis and Cyrus Pardiwala. Mandarino has advised over 300 clients in the areas of strategic planning, complex debt restructurings, preparation of turnaround and business plans, cash flow analyses, preference investigations, fraud and fraudulent conveyance investigations, collateral evaluation and claims resolution.

Jeremy W. Ryan has joined Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, as a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring practice, focusing primarily on the representation of debtors. Ryan was previously a partner in the Wilmington office of Saul Ewing LLP in the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring department.

Jones Day announces that Lisa Laukitis has joined its New York office as a partner in its Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice. Laukitis was formerly a partner in the restructuring group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where she focused on the representation of corporate debtors and secured and unsecured creditors. She represents clients in both transactional and litigation-related restructuring engagements that have taken place both within and outside of Chapter 11 cases. Recent debtor representations have included Tower Automotive, Norwood Promotional Products, Inc. and Pierre Foods Inc. The addition of Laukitis is a further extension of the growth of Jones Day's Business Restructuring and Reorganization group. Recently, a group of seven Kirkland attorneys, including two partners, Rick Wynne and Bennett Spiegel, joined Jones Day's Los Angeles office.

Jorian Rose has joined Venable LLP as a partner in the firm's New York office. Previously, Rose served a managing director at Macquarie Capital (USA), Inc., where he advised the global investment firm both as an attorney and a principal. Rose's experience includes representing debtors, creditors, creditors' committees and lenders on restructurings as well as on mergers and acquisitions, capital raises and divestures. While at Macquarie, Rose played a key role in multiple acquisitions and capital raises. He has also been a member of the restructuring groups at WilmerHale LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP has named Michael D. Seese as a partner in the firm's Fort Lauderdale, FL, office in the bankruptcy & creditors rights practice. Seese joins Hinshaw from Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, P.L. in Miami, where he co-founded the Distressed Asset Group, and served as co-chair of its bankruptcy practice. He represents debtors, lenders and other involved parties in Chapter 11 proceedings as well as out-of-court workouts. Prior to his previous role as a partner with Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, Seese was also a partner at McGuireWoods, LLP in its Pittsburgh office and at Bilzin, Sumberg, Baena, Price & Axelrod, LLP in Miami.

Steven B. Smith has joined Dechert LLP as counsel in the business restructuring and reorganization group in the firm's New York office. He was previously at Brown Rudnick LLP. Smith concentrates his practice in the area of corporate restructuring and creditor's rights. Recently, he represented four official committees of unsecured creditors and tort claimants in the ephedra-related bankruptcy cases and insolvency proceedings of TwinLab, Metabolife, N.V.E., Inc. and Muscletech, which resulted in over $150 million in settlement proceeds for ephedra victims and meaningful recoveries for trade claimants as well.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announces that Perry Mandarino has joined the firm's U.S. Restructuring and Recovery practice as a partner and will serve on the leadership team along with PwC partners Paul Ellis and Cyrus Pardiwala. Mandarino has advised over 300 clients in the areas of strategic planning, complex debt restructurings, preparation of turnaround and business plans, cash flow analyses, preference investigations, fraud and fraudulent conveyance investigations, collateral evaluation and claims resolution.

Jeremy W. Ryan has joined Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, as a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring practice, focusing primarily on the representation of debtors. Ryan was previously a partner in the Wilmington office of Saul Ewing LLP in the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring department.