The Dallas office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Liz Boydston as a partner in its restructuring and insolvency practice. She joins K&L Gates from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.

Boydston focuses her practice on corporate and financial restructuring and insolvency, as well as complex commercial litigation matters, including bankruptcies, restructurings, domestic and cross-border insolvencies, Chapter 11 proceedings, and creditor representations. She has particular experience with bankruptcy related matters involving the health care industry.

“Liz’s recruitment is another strategic hire for the firm as we increase our investment in the Dallas legal market,” said John E. Garda, Managing Partner of K&L Gates’ Dallas office. “Her experience in insolvency & restructuring, especially as it applies to the health care industry, will provide for significant collaboration across several of our core practice areas. We are thrilled that Liz has chosen to join us in Dallas and take her career to the next level with the benefit of our global platform.”

Boydston’s arrival follows the addition of a team of restructuring and insolvency/ hospitality lawyers to K&L Gates’ Newark office earlier this year, including partner Daniel Eliades and of counsels David Catuogno and William Waldman.

Combining the firm’s bankruptcy experience with its proficiency in related areas such as mergers and acquisitions, asset-based lending, secured transactions, distressed real estate, and intellectual property, K&L Gates’ restructuring and insolvency practice offers a broad range of clients such as lenders, borrowers, debtors, creditors, equity holders, committees, trustees, credit providers, asset purchasers, vendors, landlords, and receivers creative legal solutions in areas including transactions, planning, counseling, and litigation.

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