Mr. Luc A. Despins

Luc A. Despins is chair of Paul Hastings LLP?s Global Restructuring practice in the firm?s New York office and a partner in its Corporate Practice. He has more than 30 years of experience representing debtors and creditors in some of the most high-profile and complex restructuring matters, and is widely recognized as one of the world?s leading financial restructuring lawyers. Mr. Despins has been chosen as The American Lawyer?s ?Top 45 under 45? (for all practice areas) (January 2003); Turnarounds & Work-\nouts? Special Report: (Top Ten) Outstanding Bankruptcy Lawyers 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2006; Chambers Global: The World?s Leading Lawyers; Chambers USA: America?s Leading Lawyers; The Legal 500 US: Corporate and Finance (Corporate Restructuring); Lawdragon?s ?Leading Dealmakers? and ?Leading 500 Attorneys,? and The Best Lawyers in America 2008 (Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law), among others. He is also listed in the K&A Register of the Leading Bankruptcy and\nFinancial Restructuring Lawyers and Financial Advisors in the United States. Mr. Despins clerked for the Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1983-84. He received his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where he was a Viscount Bennett Scholar, and his LL.B. and LL.L. from Ottawa University.