WASHINGTON, DC – February 17, 2010 – Baker Hostetler announced today the addition of Christopher J. Giaimo to its Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights Practice team. Mr. Giaimo, who was most recently a partner with Arent Fox, will be resident in Baker Hostetler’s Washington, D.C., office.
Mr. Giaimo’s practice focuses on financial restructuring and workout proceedings on behalf of financially distressed companies or their creditors. In addition to representation of Official Committees of Unsecured Creditors in Chapter 11 cases, Mr. Giaimo has extensive experience representing various debtors through the Chapter 11 process. He also represents a vast number of clients in the enforcement of a broad spectrum of creditors’ rights in secured, public or private, and taxable and tax-exempt debt through the representation of lenders and investor syndicates, indenture trustees, creditor trustees, liquidation trustees and plan administrators.
Mr. Giaimo is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association. He is Chair of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Corporation, Finance & Securities Law Section of the DC Bar Association. “We are pleased to welcome Chris Giaimo to Baker Hostetler,” said Jeffrey Paravano, Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. “Chris has extensive experience and will be a terrific asset to clients.”
"In the current business climate where restructurings and insolvencies continue to proliferate, the timing of Chris joining us could not be better,” said Joseph Hutchinson, National Chair of Baker Hostetler’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights Practice Team. “It is important for us to maintain our strong presence in the distressed arena; Chris will be an important complement to our strong team of attorneys and will add important synergies to our practice,” according to Hutchinson.
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Contact: Christine L. Gill Communications Manager (216) 861-7852 cgill@bakerlaw.com