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Luc Despins is a senior partner in the Financial Restructuring Group, and is resident in the firm's New York office. Mr. Despins has extensive experience in representing debtors and creditors in significant international bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings. His experience also includes representation of acquirers of assets from chapter 11 debtors. Mr. Despins' recent engagements include counsel for the Steering Committee of Noteholders of Victoria Finance LLC; the Steering Committee of Noteholders of Orion Finance Corporation; the Informal Committee of Noteholders of Cheyne Finance LLC; the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Refco, Inc.; the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Enron Corp.; the agent for secured lenders in Adelphia Communications; Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V., L&H Holdings USA, Inc. and Dictaphone Corporation (counsel to chapter 11 debtors); Fruit of the Loom, Inc. (counsel to chapter 11 debtor); the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Safety-Kleen Corporation; the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of ICO Global Communications Services, Inc.; the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Semi-Tech Corporation, et al.; the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of ATC Group Services, Inc.; the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Dyersburg Corporation; and many others.
Mr. Despins has been recognized on several occasions as one of the leading financial restructuring lawyers in the world, including on the following instances: The American Lawyer's "Top 45 Under 45" [for all practice areas] (January 2003); Turnarounds and Workouts' Special Report: [Top Ten] Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006; Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers; Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers; The Legal 500 US: Corporate and Finance (Corporate Restructuring); The Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon's "Leading Dealmakers" and "Leading 500 Attorneys" and The Best Lawyers in America 2008 [Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law] among others. Mr. Despins is listed in the K&A Register of the Leading Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Lawyers and Financial Advisors in the United States and has been featured in numerous publications for his leading role in major bankruptcies.
Mr. Despins is a graduate of Harvard Law School where he earned his LLM (Viscount Bennett Scholar). | 