Dallas Bankruptcy Partner Jumps from Sidley to Troutman

Rakhee Patel, a bankruptcy and restructuring partner, has joined Troutman Pepper Locke in Dallas after more than three years at Sidley Austin. She will focus her practice on complex corporate restructurings, bankruptcy matters and related litigation and transactions for debtors, private equity sponsors, lenders and other stakeholders, the firm said in a news release.

Before joining Sidley in April 2023, Patel was a shareholder at Winstead PC for nearly seven years. Earlier in her career, she was a partner at Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton and practiced bankruptcy and restructuring law at Hallett & Perrin.