Article Search Quotes & Research WSJ com on law and business and the business of law « Previous Next March pm Boom Times Ahead for Bankruptcy Lawyers? Posted by Ashby Jones Chapter filings have fallen to their lowest level in more than a decade Still theres good news for all those budding bankruptcy lawyers Big law firms are ramping up their restructuring practices of Dow Jones Newswires The heavies are all bulking up Skadden Arps says it plans to add lawyers to its practice bringing it to Kirkland Ellis says its boosted its department to lawyers an increase of from last year And Weil Gotshal says it expects to add up to a dozen lawyers over the next year Why the boost? For several years troubled companies havent had a lot of trouble getting access to capital But according to the article those days might be ending The recent meltdown in the subprime mortgage industry has made restructuring professionals more confident that a spate of filings might be on the way You are seeing more firms looking toward needing to shore up their groups after a period of allowing attrition says Don Bernstein the head of restructuring at Davis Polk

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