Dentons: Van Durrer Named As Bankruptcy Partner In LA

By Amit Chowdhry • Jan 20, 2025

Dentons announced that Van Durrer joined the firm as a partner in its Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy (RIB) practice. And Durrer has decades of experience advising on some of the most complex and high-profile restructuring matters domestically and globally.

Known as an exceptional lawyer for his strategic thinking, creativity, and technical skills, Durrer has built strong relationships across nearly every jurisdiction. Durrer’s diverse practice includes representing public and private companies, major secured creditors, official and unofficial committees of unsecured creditors, investors, and asset-purchasers in troubled company mergers and acquisitions, financings, and restructuring transactions. His work spans financial services, retail, hospitality, gaming, real estate, entertainment, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics, and telecommunications.

With offices across 80 countries, Dentons helps grow, protect, operate, and finance organizations by providing uniquely global and local legal solutions.

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“I am thrilled to welcome Van to our team. Van’s extraordinary talent and wealth of experience, coupled with his track record of implementing practical and creative solutions, will be of tremendous value to our clients around the globe. His reputation and deep connections will broaden our reach as we continue to build our restructuring group, which recently expanded in Chicago after Jill Nicholson and others joined.”

  • Tania Moyron, chair of Dentons’ US Region Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy group