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Dov R. Kleiner
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Biography
Dov has worked on a wide range of insolvency and reorganization matters during his more than 12 years in practice. He was previously a partner at a boutique law firm in New York specializing in bankruptcy and business reorganizations and is now a partner in V&E;’s New York office. Over the course of his career, Dov has represented a variety of debtors, creditors, official and unofficial committees, borrowers, lenders, and purchasers of assets or securities of distressed companies. Formerly, Dov was an associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

Representative Experience
  • Representation of Combined Coordinating Council, a hospital affiliated insurance consortium, in connection with the Chapter 11 reorganizations of two of its hospitals
  • Representation of Entergy Corp., in connection with the Chapter 11 case of its subsidiary, Entergy New Orleans, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and in connection with the fraud and Chapter 7 liquidation of its payment processor
  • Representation of a publicly traded steel company, first in connection with the Chapter 11 reorganization of Wheeling-Pittsburg Steel, one of its operating companies, and then in connection with its own Chapter 11 reorganization
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Education and Professional Background
  • Columbia University, J.D., 1994 (Stone and Kent Scholar, Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics)
  • Columbia University Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 1994 (Dean’s List)
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A. Economics cum laude, with distinction, 1988
  • Admitted to practice: New York, 1995; Southern District of New York
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Dov R. Kleiner
Partner
666 Fifth Avenue
26th Floor
New York, NY 10103-0040

212.237.0184 : Tel
917.849.5382 : Fax
dkleiner@velaw.com

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