Turnarounds & Workouts Ranks Akin Gump, Lawyers Among ‘Bankruptcy Tax Specialists’

(New York) – Akin Gump is pleased to share that Turnarounds & Workouts has featured the firm in its list of Bankruptcy Tax Specialists in the Nation’s Major Law Firms.

The ranking spotlighted the firm’s Houston, London, New York and Washington, D.C. offices, along with partners Alison Chen, Sophie Donnithorne-Tait, Howard Jacobson, Serena Lee, Brandon Morris and Joshua Williams and counsel David Holmberg.

T&W noted among Akin Gump’s recent representative clients:

• The unsecured creditors’ committees of Global Rock Entertainment, Brooks Brothers, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Dean Foods, Intu Metrocentre Finance, Premier Oil Group, Purdue, Seadrill and Valaris.
• The informal groups in Travelport, Aeroméxico, J.C. Penney, PG&E, CBL & Associates Properties, Intelsat Jackson, Pacific Drilling, Foresight Energy, Frontera Holdings, CEC Entertainment Group.
• Investment managers for Centric Brands, Just Energy Group, Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Highpoint Resources Corporation.
• Debtors FirstEnergy Solutions, Jonah Energy and Martin Midstream Partners.
• Creditor Tyrus Capital Management.

Several of these representations were also featured by T&W in its selection of the “Successful Restructurings of 2021” (learn more here).

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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