On the Move

Perkins Coie has opened an office in New York designed to broaden its restructuring practice to include the representation of Chapter 11 debtors' and creditors' committees in the Southern District of New York. Former Arent Fox partner Schuyler G. Carroll has joined the firm and will be the partner in charge of the office. Carroll focuses his practice on complex restructuring, transactional, litigation and advisory work. He has represented a wide variety of debtors, creditor committees, secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders, indenture trustees, trustees, landlords, investors and purchasers in Chapter 11 and 7 bankruptcy proceedings, out of court workouts and non-judicial reorganizations and restructurings. Carroll joins a Bankruptcy & Restructuring group of nearly 30 attorneys that represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, court-appointed trustees and creditors' committees.

Latham & Watkins LLP announced that Paul E. Harner has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in the Finance Department. Harner focuses his practice on the representation of public and private companies in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings. He has extensive experience in the representation of private equity investors, bank groups, institutional investors, secured lenders and other parties in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court workouts, related litigation, and distressed mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. Harner has served as lead counsel in a number of landmark national and international matters across numerous industries, including the financial services, entertainment, manufacturing, aviation, building and construction, and retail sectors.