Luc A. DespinsLuc A.Despins
Partner, Financial Restructuring
Luc Despins is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office.
Mr. Despins is a bankruptcy practitioner with over 30 years of experience representing debtors and creditors in some of the most high profile and complex restructuring matters. He is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading financial restructuring lawyers and has been cited on numerous occasions for his role in major bankruptcies.
Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1985
Ottawa University, LL.B., 1982
Ottawa University, LL.L., 1981
As counsel for the official committees of unsecured creditors in the following matters: FTX, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and related entities, Molycorp, NewPage Corporation, Spansion, Inc., AbitibiBowater, Inc, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Refco, Inc., Enron Corp., and Safety-Kleen Corporation.
As counsel for the following debtors (either as part of an out-of-court restructuring or in chapter 11 cases): Chapter 11 Trustee of GT Advanced Technologies, Inc.; FairPoint Communications, Inc., Fruit of the Loom, Inc., Dictaphone Corporation, Safety Components International, Inc., Satmex, Inc. HomePlace Stores, Inc., Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California, Inc., CIS Corporation, Zeta Consumer Products Corp., Ames Department Stores, Inc., Sun TV Inc., Wang Computers, and A.H. Robins.
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
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The American Lawyer (January 2003)