Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that David Wender of Eversheds Sutherland (Atlanta) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2003, Wender has served on the advisory board of ABI’s Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop and has written and spoken on key bankruptcy topics. He will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.

Wender serves as Eversheds Sutherland's (U.S.) Head of Corporate Debt Advisory – Financial Restructuring Group. He represents bank and nonbank lenders in structuring, negotiating and documenting multifaceted secured and unsecured loan transactions across industries. Wender's experience extends to traditional corporation financing/refinancing, acquisition financing, intercreditor and inter-lender agreements, and restructurings. His practice also includes representing a broad range of clients in complex bankruptcy cases, out-of-court workouts, debt restructurings, asset dispositions and claims-reconciliation procedures. Wender represents purchasers, sellers and other parties in bankruptcy Section 363 sales, debtors in possession, secured and unsecured creditors and creditors’ committees. In addition to being recognized by several leading legal service rankings, he was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy in 2022.

The complete list of directors and officers is available at http://www.abi.org/about-us/board-directors.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.