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Blank Rome’s Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy Group Wins 2025 M&A Advisor Turnaround Award

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that the firm's Finance, Restructuring, and Bankruptcy group will receive The M&A Advisor’s Cross-Border Restructuring of the Year (Under $100MM) Award at the 19th Annual Turnaround Awards for the restructuring of Gamida Cell Ltd and Gamida Cell Inc. The awards gala will take place on March 25, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida.

The M&A Advisor’s Annual Turnaround Awards, widely respected as a benchmark for restructuring excellence, recognize the year’s leading distressed M&A transactions, restructuring, refinancing, products and services, firms, and dealmakers. 

A Blank Rome team led by Stanley TarrJohn Lucian, and Evan Zucker, with assistance from Greg VizzaRegina Stango KelbonLorenzo Thomas, and Jordan Williams, advised Gamida in the company’s global restructuring through a novel use of debt arrangement proceedings in Israel combined with Chapter 15 and 11 proceedings in the United States. Additional information about the success can be found here

This restructuring was also recognized at the 23rd Annual M&A Advisor Awards, winning the Cross-Border Deal of the Year ($50MM To $100MM) Award and being named a finalist for the Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year ($50MM to $100MM) and Restructuring of the Year ($50MM to $100MM).

For more information about the 19th Annual Turnaround Award winners, please click here.