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Provided by Edward O Sassower
Edward Sassower serves on Kirkland & Ellis’ Executive Committee and is a partner in the Restructuring Group. He focuses on representing debtors, creditors and distressed or special situation investors in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings and acquisitions. He has led some of the largest bankruptcy cases in history across a wide range of industries. Select company-side representations include Northvolt, WeWork, Nordic Aviation Capital, Rite Aid, Intelsat, Envision Healthcare, Ascena Retail Group, Wheels Up Experience, Cyxtera Technologies, Appgate, Gulfport Energy Corporation, Hornbeck Offshore Services, Mood Media Corporation, PetSmart, Acosta, Barneys New York, Toys "R" Us, Westmoreland Coal, Energy Future Holdings, PES Holdings, Ameriforge Group, Sequa Corporation, Midstates Petroleum, Magnum Hunter Resources, Penn Virginia, MSR Resorts, Sbarro, Horizon Lines, Majestic Star Casino, Calpine Corporation, NRG Energy, Muzak and Leiner Healthcare.
Serves as an Adjunct Full Professor of Finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania teaching a course on “Corporate Restructuring.”
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 1998; Duke University, B.A., 1995.
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Edward is a brilliant lawyer and commercial adviser with terrific instincts and judgment.
Edward is a brilliant lawyer and commercial adviser with terrific instincts and judgment.