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Mr. Van C. Durrer

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Mr. Van C. Durrer

Van C. Durrer, II is a partner with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Los Angeles and regularly represents public and private companies, major secured creditors, official and unofficial committees of unsecured creditors, investors and asset-purchasers in troubled company M&A, financings and restructuring transactions, including out-of-court workouts and formal insolvency proceedings. His representative restructuring and insolvency engagements include Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. (named as the Restructuring Deal of the Year (over $250mm to $500mm) for 2013 by The M&A Advisor); Blue Bird Body Company; Catalyst Paper Corporation (a restructuring that was named Deal of the Year in the Industrial Manufacturing/Distribution (over $250MM) category at the 5th Annual M&A Advisor?s International M&A Awards); Indymac Bancorp, Inc. (chapter 7 trustee); Irish Bank Resolution Corp.; Kmart Corp.; The McClatchy Co.; Quiksilver, Inc. (named as Chapter 11 Reorganization of Year ($500MM to $1B) and Distressed M&A Deal of the Year ($500MM to $1B) for 2017 by The M&A Advisor, and as one of 2016?s Most Successful Restructurings by Turnarounds & Workouts); Spansion Inc.; and US Airways Group, Inc. Mr. Durrer also has advised participants in the financial restructurings of AmericanWest Bank (which received The Turnaround Management Association?s 2010 Transaction of the Year award in the midsize company category); Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (which was named Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year (over $5B) for 2018 at the 12th Annual Turnaround Awards); Calpine Corp.; Clift Holdings LLC; Golfsmith USA, LLC; Joe?s Jeans; LBREP/L-Suncal Master I, LLC; Rdio, Inc.; Relativity Media; The Sports Authority, Inc.; Station Casinos, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (named Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (over $1B) at the 13th Annual Turnaround Awards); and The Wet Seal, LLC. Mr. Durrer is Board Certified as a Business Bankruptcy Specialist by the American Board of Certification and is a mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. He received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1990 and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1993.