April 26, 2022 – Hughes Hubbard is pleased to share that corporate reorganization and bankruptcy partner Erin Diers has been named by Turnarounds & Workouts to its 2022 list of Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers. She is among just 12 attorneys nationwide under the age of 40 recognized for their work on the industry’s most prominent bankruptcies and restructurings. 

In the profile, T&W recognized Diers for her achievements and successes on various complex restructurings, noting her work as counsel to Imerys S.A., a French multibillion-dollar mining company, in connection with the Chapter 11 filing by its subsidiaries to address their historic talc-related liabilities in the U.S.; her assistance to the Trustee in the liquidation of Lehman Brothers, the largest broker dealer ever to fail and the largest bankruptcy in history; and her role as advisor to New Univision Enterprises, LLC, in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Thomas Fuchs Creative LLC, a former license partner. It also recognized her work as counsel to United Airlines, Nordic Aviation Capital and Blackbird Capital II on aircraft finance matters. 

Turnarounds & Workouts is a monthly newsletter for professionals tracking distressed businesses in the United States and Canada, and named the “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers” in a special report published in the April 2022 issue.