Kramer Levin makes Adam Rogoff partner in corporate restructuring

By Devika Patel

Knoxville, Tenn., May 4 - Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP said Adam C. Rogoff is joining the firm as a partner in the corporate restructuring and bankruptcy department.

Rogoff has more than two decades' experience in complex transactional, litigation and advisory work relating to restructuring, commercial finance, Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, workouts, and pre-packaged Chapter 11 matters.

Prior to joining Kramer Levin, Rogoff was a bankruptcy partner at Cooley Godward Kronish, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He has extensive experience representing a broad range of corporate debtors, creditors, including DIP lenders, and other parties in Chapter 11 restructurings and out-of-court workouts. Rogoff's clients have included national retailers; health care, including hospitals; service providers, particularly in the airline and hotel industries; and manufacturers, notably in steel, alcohol and metals mining.

Global Insolvency & Restructuring Review named Rogoff one of its "Top 40 Under 40" global insolvency practitioners in 2000. He was named to the Super Lawyers of New York in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He also received the 2005 Burton Award for Legal Writing for his co-authored article in the New York Law Journal, "China Takes Active Steps Towards Reform."

Rogoff is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and is a frequent speaker and author of numerous articles and books on bankruptcy matters. He is the general editor and co-author of the Collier International Business Insolvency Guide, serves as a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy and Collier Bankruptcy Manual and is an editorial board member of and frequent contributor to The Bankruptcy Strategist.

He received his juris doctor from New York University School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif, and his bachelor's with honors from Northwestern University.

"We are pleased to have such a well-regarded and experienced lawyer join our firm," Kramer Levin's managing partner Paul S. Pearlman said in a press release. "His impressive record of transactions and client base will further enhance our preeminent corporate restructuring and bankruptcy department."

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York and Paris.

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