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Doug Mannal, partner in Morrison Foerster’s Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group, will participate in a panel discussion at the Distressed Investing Conference on December 3, 2025 at <a href="https://www.harmonieclub.org/" target="_blank">The Harmonie Club</a> in New York, NY. This event brings together top investors, legal advisors, and restructuring professionals to explore key themes in distressed investing, such as liability management, AI governance, mass torts, private credit, and cross-border restructuring. Doug will join the panel “Make Wholes: The Debates Continue” from 1:40 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.The Panel:Moderator<ul><li>Emil Kleinhaus Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz</li></ul>Panelists<ul><li>Doug Mannal Partner, Morrison Foerster LLP</li><li>Mark Hebbeln Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP </li><li>Ben Finestone Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP</li></ul><hr>

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Doug is a partner in the Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group, based in the New York office.Doug’s practice focuses on representing clients in chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings, and other distressed situations. His clients include official creditors’ committees, ad hoc creditor groups, and individual asset managers, as well as corporate borrowers.On behalf of creditors, Doug implements strategies focused on maximizing creditor recoveries and he has significant experience proposing and confirming plans of reorganization; investigating and prosecuting various estate causes of action; negotiating intercreditor disputes; crafting cash collateral orders, debtor-in-possession/exit financing packages, and creditor-sponsored equity rights offerings; challenging confirmation of nonconsensual chapter 11 plans; terminating exclusivity; participating in 363 sales; and implementing and defending against coercive liability management transactions. On the company side, Doug counsels borrowers navigating the complex legal, financial, and operational issues that arise in distressed situations, implementing both in- and out-of-court restructurings aimed at preserving value.Doug has been recognized for over a decade in Chambers USA, where he is acclaimed as a “force of nature” and an “adept architect of the restructuring process.”  Turnarounds & Workouts recognized him as an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer in 2020 and 2017 and he is recognized as a Leading Global Restructuring Lawyer by Lawdragon 500.Doug has a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and a B.A. in government and law from Lafayette College.

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Distressed Investing Conference 2025

03 Dec 2025 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM EST