Thompson Coburn LLP is pleased to announce the addition of a group of four attorneys across its Dallas and New York offices. Joining the firm from Gutnicki LLP are Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy partner Liz Boydston, Corporate & Securities partner Ernest Simons, and associate Alexandria Rahn in Dallas, and Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy partner Max Schlan in New York. These additions mark the continued growth of the firm’s corporate and financial restructuring offerings in Dallas while advancing its comprehensive national platform.
“It’s a pleasure to kick off the year by welcoming such a dynamic group of attorneys to two of our most strategic markets,” said firm Chair Chris Hohn. “In Dallas, Liz and Alex will expand our restructuring and bankruptcy services in this burgeoning market. Meanwhile, the addition of Max to our bench in New York builds upon the strength of our bankruptcy practice there.”
He added, “On the corporate side, Ernest’s significant experience in the FinTech industry is an immediate value-add to our national platform.”
Boydston’s Dallas-based bankruptcy practice focuses on all sides of complex Chapter 11 cases, as well as commercial litigation and workouts. She represents public and private entities; hospitals and health care providers; municipalities; public oil and gas development companies; funds and financial institutions; property developers; retailers; plan, litigation, and court-appointed trustees; and multinational corporations in complex restructuring, insolvency, and litigation matters. She earned her J.D. degree cum laude from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and clerked for Chief Bankruptcy Judge Bill Parker in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
In New York, Schlan brings experience in complex Chapter 11 cases, commercial litigation, and adversary proceedings. He has represented debtors, official committees of creditors, individual creditors, secured lenders, and potential purchasers in Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts. Schlan has been involved in some of the largest mass tort bankruptcies in the country. He earned his J.D. degree cum laude from Hofstra University School of Law and served as law clerk to Hon. Kevin Carey, Hon. Christopher Sontchi, and Hon. Mary Walrath in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Simons adds to the corporate practice in Dallas extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic transactions, with an emphasis on FinTech. In addition to transactions, he counsels corporate clients on all aspects of operations, including governance, general corporate law and franchising, and complex commercial contracting. Within the payments and FinTech industries, Simons advises on issues related to investments into payment systems companies, digital wallet creation and other payment technologies, and transactional matters involving payment processors. He earned his J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Rahn works closely with Boydston on complex Chapter 11 cases, commercial litigation, and workouts. She has advised lenders in the workout, bankruptcy, and foreclosure of secured commercial real estate loans in multiple jurisdictions. She earned her J.D. degree cum laude from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and served as law clerk to Chief Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Magner in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The addition of this group follows other recent firm expansions including Corporate & Securities partner Aaron DeLong and Real Estate partner Steven Smith. Collectively, their experience builds upon Thompson Coburn’s cross-functional service offering to its local commercial clients in Dallas and across the firm’s national platform.
