Latham Taps Restructuring Co-Chair from O’Melveny

Latham & Watkins has hired George A. Davis as global co-chair of its restructuring, insolvency and workouts practice, the firm announced today.

Davis, who came from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, joins Latham’s New York office and will help lead Latham’s team of roughly 80 lawyers around the world who focus on restructuring matters.

While at O’Melveny, Davis led the restructuring efforts in the bankruptcy of Tampa, Fla.-based Entegra Power Group LLC, the owner and marketer of electricity from two large U.S. gas-fueled power plants. He also took part, representing a creditors’ group, in solving a $570 million lease dispute involving ...