Debevoise Hires New Restructuring Co-Chair Away from Jones Day

Debevoise & Plimpton has picked up Sidney Levinson from Jones Day as a partner and co-chair of its restructuring group as the firm positions itself to aid clients in sectors growing more vulnerable to bankruptcies.

Levinson was previously the co-head of Jones Day’s New York restructuring practice.

He will co-chair Debevoise’s restructuring practice alongside Natasha Labovitz, who joined the New York firm in 2011 from Kirkland & Ellis.

Levinson has represented bondholders, secured lenders, debtors, trustees and creditors’ committees in bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings over a career spanning more than three decades.

He has worked with Debevoise lawyers on cases ...