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Burr & Forman LLP has opened an office in Wilmington, DE. Rick Robinson, who is joining the firm as a partner in the firm's Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy practice, will manage the office. Formerly a partner at Reed Smith, Robinson represents lenders, borrowers, debtors-in-possession, liquidators, buyers, creditors, consultants, lessors, contractors, trustees and receivers in every aspect of business bankruptcy and insolvency law. Burr & Forman's Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy Practice has more than 30 attorneys across the firm's Southeastern footprint, and now Wilmington.
Nora Schweighart has joined the finance and restructuring practice of Faegre Baker Daniels as a partner in the firm's Chicago office. Her practice includes representing the interests of corporate debtors — as well as secured and unsecured creditors — in all aspects of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. Before joining FaegreBD, Schweighart was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP recently announced that Shane G. Ramsey has joined as a partner in the firm's Nashville office, where he will establish and grow a Tennessee-based bankruptcy practice, in addition to his national practice. Before joining Nelson Mullins, he was a partner in the New York and Atlanta offices of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP. Ramsey focuses his national practice on financial restructuring, bankruptcy, and corporate trust matters. He regularly represents committees of unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, bondholders, noteholders, liquidation trustees and more.
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