Lateral Hiring Signals Fast-Moving Restructuring Market

April 27, 2026

Cadwalader Financial Restructuring Practice Co-Chair Doug Mintz was featured in the WSJ Pro Bankruptcy Daily Briefing on Kirkland & Ellis’s hiring of restructuring and finance lawyer Joshua Feltman, a move that highlights the speed and intensity of the lateral market in restructuring and liability management.

The briefing also pointed to rising lateral mobility driven by private credit growth, sponsor behavior, macroeconomic volatility and the convergence of restructuring and finance. It noted that U.S. lateral hiring of restructuring partners has reached 96 moves year to date, putting 2026 on pace to exceed last year’s total.

Read the full article in WSJ.