NEW YORK – March 19, 2026 – Eight lawyers from global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP were recognized as Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers. According to the publication, the lawyers “are the advisors who can keep their cool for companies, investors, governments, and others on the fiscal precipice.”
The following lawyers were recognized:
Hannah Blom-Cooper, a shareholder in the firm’s London office, is a highly experienced commercial litigator representing individuals and corporations in relation to high-value and complex disputes that frequently involve multiple jurisdictions.
Alison Elko Franklin, shareholder in the Atlanta office, focuses her practice on advising debtors, trustees, creditors' committees, and creditors in corporate reorganizations, municipal reform, creditors' rights litigation, and distressed transactions. She represents clients in Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 9 municipal debt adjustments, Chapter 15 cross-border insolvency proceedings, and Chapter 7 liquidations.
Julia Frost-Davies, a shareholder in the Boston office, has more than 25 years of experience representing creditors in complex Chapter 11 cases. She regularly counsels clients in distressed debt situations and those facing bankruptcy litigation and appeals, appearing in courts across the country. Frost-Davies represents investors and lenders throughout the capital structure on all aspects of restructuring and related litigation, including debtor-in-possession financing, distressed mergers and acquisitions transactions, claim and plan negotiation and litigation, and out-of-court workouts. Frost-Davies works with companies from a diverse range of sectors and industries, including retail, energy, financial services, and municipal bonds.
Annette W. Jarvis, co-managing shareholder of the Salt Lake City office, brings practical business sense to her representation of banks, financial institutions, and other parties on matters related to Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court workouts and cross-border insolvency cases. Jarvis’ experience includes representing creditors, debtors, boards of directors, trustees, receivers, public bond holders, purchasers of distressed assets, and indenture trustees and foreign representatives.
David B. Kurzweil, senior chair of the firm’s Global Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, has 30 years of experience representing corporations, partnerships, and financial institutions. He provides innovative strategies to clients across a wide range of industries, including energy, retail, health care, technology, manufacturing, cable television, publishing, real estate, transportation, and professional corporations. With wide-ranging experience in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, Kurzweil represents financial institutions, hedge funds, debtors, creditors’ committees, and trustees. He has negotiated workouts from both the standpoint of counsel for the creditor and the debtor.
J. Gregory Milmoe, shareholder in the Boston office, has experience on a broad range of corporate matters, including in-court and out-of-court restructurings, exchange offers, hostile and negotiated mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and corporate financings including initial and secondary public offerings and transactions involving real estate investment trusts. Milmoe draws on this experience to help fashion pragmatic, sometimes novel strategies for approaching his clients’ complex problems, often incorporating and adapting techniques from various legal disciplines. He has helped devise and refine many innovative restructuring techniques that have now become standard operating procedure.
Oscar N. Pinkas, co-chair of the firm’s Global Restructuring & Special Situations Practice, focuses on transactions (front-end and back-end) as well as turnarounds and workouts, including in-court practice and estate representations. His clients include investors, purchasers, lenders/noteholders, companies, indenture trustees and collateral agents, and creditors’ committees.
Keith Shapiro, of counsel in the Chicago office, has over 40 years of experience representing key participants in complex corporate restructurings and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. Shapiro is the co-founder of Greenberg Traurig’s Chicago office, which he led as co-managing shareholder and chairman for over 20 years. He also served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee for 17 years and as global vice president and chairman of strategic recruiting for the firm. He co-led the firm’s Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice for 20 years and continues to serve as chairman emeritus of the group.