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Restructuring

A Longtime Player Goes Bust

August 5, 2010 - Several weeks after a FINRA order, Jesup & Lamont surprises creditors by going bankrupt; some say it has only itself to blame.

Turnaround Firm Grows in N.Y.

May 6, 2010 - Ex-Traxi pro helps MorrisAnderson with East Coast expansion.

Hunting Some Bigger Game

April 29, 2010 - Using the heft of its Canadian parent as a selling point, RBC Capital Markets is reaching out to large Wall Street customers.

NewOak Brings on CRE Pro

April 29, 2010 - NewOak Capital, a New York-based asset manager and advisory firm, hired Carlos Vigon to develop a new business that will buy and actively manage real estate properties for clients, mostly institutional investors.

Nomura Jumps into Tech M&A

April 22, 2010 - Sasson Darwish last week became Nomura Securities’ first major tech banker in North America, where the Japanese firm expects a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.

LBO Debt Could Be Readily Absorbed

April 8, 2010 - IMS Health transactions could serve as a case study for future M&A-related junk bond offerings.

Nonprofit Hospitals Now in Play

March 25, 2010 - Private-equity group Cerberus Capital Management LP yesterday said it would buy Boston’s nonprofit Caritas Christi Health Care for $830 million, taking over the Catholic system’s long-term debt and spending $400 million on capital upgrades.

Regulator to Administer Ambac’s Toxic Holdings

March 25, 2010 - The office of the Wisconsin insurance commissioner ordered troubled bond guarantor Ambac Assurance Corp. to deposit the more toxic holdings of its insured portfolio into a newly-created account that the office will administer.

The Class of 2009

March 25, 2010 - Nearly 50% of all nonfinancial firms that defaulted last year were PE-owned, and most defaults were distressed exchanges.

KBW Launches New Practice

March 18, 2010 - JPMorgan veteran will lead firm’s real estate I-banking team.

C.P. Eaton Expands Ranks

March 11, 2010 - C.P. Eaton Partners hired Loren Boston, a fundraising veteran and former global head of origination for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's private-equity funds group, as part of the advisory firm's efforts to grab market share from larger rivals.

High Yield: The New Wellspring

March 11, 2010 - Junk-rated companies are finding it easier and cheaper to raise money in the bond market and rely less on bank loans.

Health Care Takes Debt Mart by Storm

March 11, 2010 - Loan and bond markets provide attractive terms. Some participants ask: is there too much supply from the industry sector?

Agribusiness Banking Crops Up Anew on Wall Street

March 4, 2010 - Investment bankers have found that, at a time when food commodity prices are above historical levels, interest is heightened in cross-border transactions among agribusiness companies.

Arriving in Familiar Territory

March 4, 2010 - Shannon Lowry Nagle’s first day as a partner in Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice may have been this week, but she’s no stranger to Fried Frank partners such as Gary Kaplan and Brad Eric Scheler.