‘Uptick’ in Bankruptcy Action Has Sidley Hunting for Lawyers (1)

Bankruptcy lawyer Stephen Hessler has left Kirkland & Ellis to join Sidley Austin as the law firm’s restructuring practice group leader, Sidley said Wednesday.

Hessler joins Sidley after nearly two decades at Kirkland, where he has worked on major cases involving Hertz, Frontier Communications, and Windstream Holdings, among others.

“As the continued market instability and supply chain disruptions accelerate the restructuring cycle, his addition allows us to stay ahead of the uptick in activity,” Yvette Ostolaza, Sidley’s management committee chair, said in a statement announcing the hire. “It is very much part of our firm’s global strategy to continue to ...