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Member News
Silvia Alonso-Falip was named partner at Rimon Law in the firm’s San Francisco and Silicon Valley Offices. Silvia focuses on handling a diverse set of commercial matters for clients big and small.
Rachel Bengino (Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP; Toronto) recently wrote an article published in her firm’s quarterly newsletter. The article, titled, Roll-up DIPs: The other "shoe" drops, discusses the recent decision where the CCAA Court refused to recognize the DIP facility financing approved in the chapter 11 proceedings in Payless Holdings Inc. LLC, Re. You can find the article online here: http://www.tgf.ca/resources/publications/publication/roll-up-dips-the-other-shoe-drops.
Alicia Den Beste has joined Oak Point Partners, a private investment firm specializing in the purchase of Remnant Assets, as Vice President. Alicia brings more than fifteen years of experience and relationships in the restructuring industry, providing efficient solutions to professionals and fiduciaries administering cases. Prior to joining Oak Point, Alicia was at Epiq Systems, where she worked with restructuring attorneys, financial advisors, chapter 7 and 11 trustees, liquidating trustees, and receivers to assist them with case management solutions. She has developed and maintained long term partnerships with her clients. In addition to being a member of IWIRC, and past co-chair of the Georgia Network, Alicia is a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees (NABT).
On January 2, 2018, Jodie E. Buchman joined Silverman|Thompson|Slutkin|White as a Partner in the Business Litigation group. Her new e-mail address is [email protected].
Jean Lewis (Kramon & Graham) co-authored Litigating Against Bad Debtors: Protecting Against the Spoliation of ESI, which appears in the latest issue of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees American Bankruptcy Trustee
Silvia Alonso-Falip
Rachel Bengino
Alicia Den Beste
Jodie Buchman
Jean Lewis