LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) Rebecca J. Winthrop joined the Los Angeles office of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP as of counsel in the Litigation Department and the Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Capital Recovery group announced David C. Sampson, managing partner of Ballard Spahr
’s Los Angeles office.
“Rebecca is an excellent addition to our team,” said Sampson. “Her extensive experience in bankruptcy and creditors’ rights will be an asset to the firm and our clients.”
Winthrop concentrates her practice on representing financial institutions in commercial lending transactions, workouts and bankruptcies. She has also worked on documenting and closing complex loan transactions. Winthrop’s experience includes representing indenture trustees and bondholders in workouts and bankruptcies involving high-yield securities. Additionally, she represents prospective estate assets purchasers in the negotiation and drafting of overbid and breakup arrangements, real estate developers and investment trusts in the protection of their development rights, and franchisors, telecommunications companies and other unsecured creditors in complex chapter 11 and 13 cases.
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP is an Am Law 100 firm with more than 500 lawyers in 11 offices in the United States. The firm’s core practice group for bankruptcy, reorganization and capital recovery comprises bankruptcy litigators and corporate attorneys who regularly represent creditor and debtor constituencies in bankruptcies, loan restructurings, bond workouts and creditors’ rights actions. Ballard Spahr clients include Fortune 500 corporations, hospitals, universities, financial institutions, managed care organizations, defense contractors, utilities, public officials and private individuals. Ballard Spahr combines a broad scope of practice with strong local market knowledge in its various engagements. For more information on the firm, please visit www.ballardspahr.com.
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