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Updated – Dean Foods Taps Norton Rose Fulbright and Davis Polk for Bankruptcy Counsel

Dean Foods General Counsel Kristy Waterman and Chief Financial Officer Gary Rahlfs officially filed documents Tuesday seeking to voluntarily restructure the Dallas-based food and beverage company under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Waterman and Rahlfs have hired New York lawyers from Davis Polk & Wardell and Houston lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright to serve as its lead legal advisors. Dean Foods has tapped Evercore as its investment banker and Alvarez & Marsal as the financial advisor.

Mark Curriden

Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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