Debra A. Dandeneau

Debra A. Dandeneau is a partner in the Business Finance & Restructuring department where she concentrates in the area of business reorganization and debtor and creditors' rights as well as restructuring and liquidation of companies in various industries, including real estate, manufacturing, power generation, healthcare, retail and service sectors, as well as the structuring of bankruptcy-remote entities in connection with complex securitization transactions. Ms. Dandeneau's debtor representations include Daffy's, Aleris International, LandSource Communities Development, Armstrong World Industries, Formica Corporation, Maidenform Corporation, Sun Healthcare Group, Okeelanta Power Corporation and Brothers Gourmet Coffee. She also has represented creditors and other parties in a number of high-profile chapter 11 cases and is currently representing Harbinger Capital Partners in the LightSquared chapter 11 case.

Ms. Dandeneau is an editor of Weil's bankruptcy blog: http://business-finance-restructuring.weil.com/.

She received her JD from Columbia University School of Law and her AB from the University of Miami.