Cooley received the “Restructuring Law Firm of the Year” award and also was named the “Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year” award for its representation of Crabtree & Evelyn in the retailer’s successful emergence from bankruptcy.
Cooley’s team that represented Crabtree & Evelyn included partners Lawrence Gottlieb, Cathey Herschcopf and Jeffrey Cohen and associate Richelle Kalnit.
The awards were presented at the annual Turnaround Atlas Awards dinner held in Chicago, which recognized outstanding performances from the distressed M&A, restructuring and reorganization communities.
Cooley was also named a finalist for the “Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year” awards for its representation of the unsecured creditors in the Filene’s Basement bankruptcy and Lawrence Gottlieb, head of Cooley’s bankruptcy practice, was nominated as a finalist for “Lawyer of the Year.”