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Four MoFo Partners Named Among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers

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Four Morrison Foerster partners based in New York have been named to Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers list for 2026. The list is curated through a combination of journalistic research, submissions from firms and clients, and peer review. Honorees are selected based on their impact and significant contributions to the field of bankruptcy and restructuring.MoFo partners recognized include:<ul><li>Gary Lee – Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization, esp. Cross-Border</li><li>Doug Mannal – Bankruptcy & Corporate Reorganization, esp. Litigation</li><li>Jennifer Marines – Restructuring, Workouts</li><li>Lorenzo Marinuzzi – Bankruptcy & Financial Restructuring</li></ul>Lawdragon is a leading digital media company that recognizes the most effective lawyers and legal professionals in a wide variety of industries and areas.The full list is available on Lawdragon’s <a href="https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2026-03-13-the-2026-lawdragon-500-leading-global-bankruptcy-restructuring-lawyers" target="_blank">website</a>.

Four MoFo Partners Named Among Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers

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Gary advises clients on restructuring and insolvency matters in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe, and Asia.Gary represents debtors and creditors in domestic and cross-border restructuring and liquidation proceedings. He has represented an ad hoc group of holders of “Constitutional Debt” issued or guaranteed by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and has acted as lead counsel to Residential Capital and its subsidiaries in their chapter 11 cases. He has been heavily involved in the implementation of foreign liquidations and schemes of arrangement in the United States and closely involved with issues arising under chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Notably, Gary represented two of the largest Icelandic banks in their restructuring proceedings in Iceland. He has also acted as counsel to the acquirer — in and out of chapter 11 — in several major international asset purchases of mining, smelting, and oil and gas operations.He is a fellow of the American Bar Association and former co-chair of the Transnational Bankruptcy Committee of the International Insolvency Institute. Additionally, Gary is a former member of the City Bar’s Insurance Law Committee and former co-chair of its Insolvency Committee.Gary is listed as a leading lawyer for Bankruptcy & Restructuring in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, where he is described as “an outstanding strategic thinker and a great presenter in court.”

Gary Lee

Partner

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.

Doug Mannal

Jennifer Marines serves as global vice chair of Morrison Foerster, Head of the firm’s global Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group, a member of the Woman’s Strategy Committee, and a member of the Firm’s Finance and Benefits Committee. She has extensive experience in representing chapter 11 debtors, creditors, investors, and other parties in interest in all aspects of complex corporate restructurings, including chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, and distressed acquisitions.Jennifer has built a highly successful and peer-recognized practice in the restructuring and work-outs space, routinely representing companies and their boards in navigating complex distressed situations. Jennifer also has extensive experience advising official committees of creditors, negotiating and structuring financings and other commercial transactions, and representing clients seeking to purchase businesses and related assets out of chapter 11 proceedings. Jennifer is recognized by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 US in the area of corporate restructuring. She has recently been recognized as one of “Top Women in Dealmaking” by The Deal and a “Top Woman Dealmaker” by Global M&A Network. She has also been named an “Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer” for 2016–2020 by Turnarounds & Workouts and a “Bankruptcy Rising Star” for 2016 and 2017 by Law360. The American Bankruptcy Institute also honored Jennifer in 2018 as one of their “40 Under 40,” a list recognizing emerging leaders in insolvency practice.

Jennifer Marines

Vice Chair, Head of Business Restructuring + Insolvency

Lorenzo is global chair of the firmwide Business Restructuring + Insolvency Group. Lorenzo represents debtors, creditors, and creditors’ committees in complex bankruptcy cases, workouts, and litigation. His cases have spanned the United States as well as countless industries, such as airline and cargo transportation, mortgage origination and servicing, retail, banking and finance, energy, oil and gas, and telecommunications.Lorenzo has represented the official committee of unsecured creditors in numerous recent chapter 11 cases, including Maverick Gaming, Del Monte Foods, Nikola, American Tire, Accuride, Fisker, Thrasio, Peer Street, Incora/Wesco, Clovis Oncology, Valaris, Windstream Holdings, Inc., Cloud Peak Energy, Westmoreland Coal Company, Inc., the NORDAM Group, Inc., Avaya Inc., Armstrong Energy, Inc., 21st Century Oncology Holdings, Inc., Peabody Energy, Inc., Energy Future Holdings Corp., and UCI International, Inc.Lorenzo’s deep experience and capabilities advising on precedent-setting bankruptcy and restructuring matters have not gone unnoticed. He is listed as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA and has also been recommended by The Legal 500 US. He was also designated by Turnarounds & Workouts magazine as an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer for his accomplishments in 2016, 2017, and 2024.

Lorenzo Marinuzzi

Business Restructuring + Insolvency