Cristine Pirro Schwarzman Joins Ropes & Gray from Kirkland

Ropes & Gray has hired bankruptcy attorney Cristine Pirro Schwarzman away from Kirkland & Ellis to work as a partner in its New York restructuring practice group.

Schwarzman built a practice at Kirkland representing debtors in out-of-court restructurings, Chapter 11 cases and distressed acquisitions. Her clients have included public and privately held companies in the telecommunications, technology, retail, and energy industries, including Payless ShoeSource, and Lehman Brothers, and Washington Mutual.

She began her career as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges after completing a clerkship for Chief Judge Arthur J. Gonzalez in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the ...