Willkie Develops Chicago Finance Practice With Winston Duo

Gregory Gartland and April Doxey joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as partners in its finance department in Chicago, the firm announced Monday.

Gartland focuses on lending transactions, out-of-court workouts and recapitalizations, in-court restructurings, remedies exercises and distressed mergers and acquisitions. He steers private credit lenders, lenders, borrowers, agents and other stakeholders through distressed transactions and special situations, such as change of control restructurings, proxy exercises, foreclosures and Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, the firm said.

Doxey serves as lead counsel for private credit funds, special situation and opportunistic funds and other investment advisors, leading financial institutions and borrowers across the full ...