28 Jul 2026
DLA Piper strengthens Global Private Markets with hires to Capital Solutions and Restructuring
"DLA Piper hires Partners Kfir Abutbul and Jacob Durkin and Of Counsel Brady Lambeth to its Capital Solutions team, and Partner Kristine Manoukian to its Restructuring practice."
Kfir Abutbul joins DLA Piper as a Partner in the Capital Solutions team and will be based in New York. He advises private equity sponsors, credit funds and institutional investors across the lifecycle of private capital investments, from acquisition and investment structuring through workouts, restructurings and exits. His practice focuses on complex capital solutions, including participating and non‑participating preferred equity, convertible instruments, holding company payment‑in‑kind structures and other hybrid financing products. Abutbul’s experience is particularly concentrated in the energy transition and infrastructure sectors, encompassing transactions involving power generation, battery storage technologies, critical minerals and decarbonization infrastructure, and he has represented clients across the US, Western Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Joining the Capital Solutions team as Of Counsel and based in Houston is Brady Lambeth. The announcement identifies Lambeth’s role and office location.
Jacob Durkin joins the Capital Solutions team as a Partner in London. He advises credit funds, alternative capital providers, sponsors and investment banks on a broad range of complex financing transactions. His experience spans direct lending, private credit, syndicated lending and special situations transactions, including leveraged and acquisition financings, fund‑level financings and asset‑backed transactions. Durkin’s domestic and cross‑border practice is particularly focused on the technology and financial services sectors.
Kristine Manoukian joins DLA Piper’s Restructuring practice in New York as a Partner. She advises on complex creditor‑side matters, distressed investments, liability management transactions, workouts and Chapter 11 restructurings across the full spectrum of distressed situations. Manoukian works with ad hoc groups, creditors, purchasers and other investors on restructurings, recapitalizations, exchange transactions and workouts, focusing on representing investment funds and financial institutions in high‑value creditor‑side matters. She has acted for steering committees and ad hoc groups of senior secured lenders, noteholders and debtor‑in‑possession lenders in significant restructurings.