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Fried Frank Expands Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice
NEW YORK, Mar. 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Shannon Lowry Nagle Joins Firm in New York
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Shannon
Lowry Nagle has joined the Firm's bankruptcy and restructuring practice as a
partner, resident in the New York office. Ms. Nagle has represented numerous
clients in connection with chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings.
Prior to joining the Firm, she was a partner at O'Melveny and Myers LLP.
Ms. Nagle's practice has included representing bondholders, secured and
unsecured creditors, debtor-in-possession lenders, ad hoc and official
committees of creditors, and other parties in interest. Ms. Nagle also has
represented debtors, including distressed portfolio companies, as well as
private equity funds and others in connection with the acquisition of
distressed companies and in the sale of assets of financially troubled
entities. Ms. Nagle's experience covers a wide range of industries, including
retail, healthcare, entertainment, construction, auto, airlines, textiles, and
telecommunications. She has extensive in-court experience, having litigated
before bankruptcy courts in numerous states.
"The bankruptcy and restructuring business has been, and continues to be,
on a sharp rise nationwide. The work of Fried Frank's bankruptcy and
restructuring practice has grown exponentially and is an integral and important
part of our Firm. Shannon is a gifted lawyer and a first rate talent. With the
addition of Shannon to our practice, we expect to continue to meet this growing
demand for our services and to attend to the needs of our clients and the
Firm," said Brad Eric Scheler, senior partner and chairman of Fried Frank's
bankruptcy and restructuring department.
"We are delighted to have someone of Shannon's caliber join the Firm.
Shannon brings her experience and expertise to a strong and seasoned team of
professionals who have been working on some of today's most innovative and
prominent bankruptcy and restructuring matters," said Valerie Ford Jacob, Fried
Frank's chairperson.
Ms. Nagle received her JD from University of Miami - School of Law and her
BS from University of Florida. She is admitted to the bar in New York,
Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia.
Fried Frank's bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers regularly represent a
wide range of clients in both formal bankruptcies and out-of-court
restructurings of financially troubled companies, including corporate debtors,
creditors' committees, bondholders' committees, equity holders' committees,
trustees, financial institutions that are lenders to and investors in
financially troubled companies, buyers and sellers of distressed securities and
businesses, and parties seeking to invest in and/or acquire the assets and
businesses of financially troubled companies.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is a leading international law
firm with more than 500 attorneys in offices in New York, Washington, D.C.,
London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Fried Frank lawyers regularly
represent many of the world's leading corporations and financial institutions.
The Firm offers legal counsel on antitrust and competition; bankruptcy and
restructuring; benefits and compensation; corporate matters, including asset
management, capital markets, corporate governance, financings, mergers and
acquisitions, and private acquisitions and private equity; energy, alternative
energy and climate change; financial institutions; government investigations
and regulatory counseling including internal investigations and monitoring,
securities enforcement and regulation and white-collar criminal defense;
insurance; intellectual property and technology; international trade;
litigation including arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, commercial
litigation, environmental litigation, government contracts, securities and
shareholder litigation; real estate; tax; and trusts and estates. More
SOURCE: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
CONTACT: Paula Zirinsky,
Director of Media Relations and Communications,
+1-212-859-8818,
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