Acknowledgments

• Jurisdiction: United States

Acknowledgments

I(R. Craig Martin) would like to acknowledge my partners at DLA Piper LLP (US) for their support of this project, specifically the restructuring co-practice group leaders in the U.S., Gregg M. Galardi and Richard A. Chesley, who have given me opportunities to represent clients in chapter 15 cases. Additionally, i thank my partners in Wilmington, Del.: stuart M. Brown has been a mentor and encouraged my interest in cross-border insolvency law, and Selinda A. Melnik, an early pioneer, has acted as a valuable sounding board throughout this project. several of my colleagues outside of the U.S. have also provided valuable insight into foreign insolvency proceedings, including Jasper Berkenbosch, head of our Dutch Restructuring Practice, and Catherine Burton, head of Restructuring Knowledge Management. Additionally, my colleague Jamila Willis in DLA Piper's New York office assisted in the drafting and research of Chapters 6 and 7. I am grateful for her hard work.

The team at the American Bankruptcy Institute never gave up on this project, and James H. Carman, ABI Director of Communications, has been a consummate professional in helping me through this process. I am grateful for his guidance and patience. We are also grateful to the ABI staff for their work on the production of this book, particularly Executive Director Samuel J. Gerdano, Deputy Executive Director Amy A. Quackenboss, Senior Editor Carolyn M. Derder, Patrick McGrath for the cover design and Lisa Jacobs for the book layout. In addition, the two editors of this project have provided excellent insight and comments on the project and have made the final product better.

Outside of DLA Piper, the most significant influences on this work have been my cohorts in the INSOL Fellowship program, who are too many to name. They have assisted in my understanding of various insolvency legal systems around the world, and my relationship with...