Alexandria, Va. — ABI announces that Kenneth D. Kraft of Dentons Canada LLP (Toronto) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 1999, Kraft has served as co-chair of ABI’s International Committee and on ABI’s Cross-Border Insolvency Program Advisory Board, and he has spoken at ABI events on key international insolvency issues.

Kraft is a partner and manager of Denton’s Toronto Insolvency Team, and a member of the firm’s financial services law group. He focuses his practice on insolvency and finance, both secured and unsecured. Acting for lenders as well as borrowers, Kraft’s expertise encompasses receiverships, informal workouts and all manner of restructurings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. He has been involved in numerous Canada/U.S. cross-border filings, along with proceedings in England, France, Australia and Israel. Kraft has been repeatedly recognized for his expertise in restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy-related directories, including Chambers, Lexpert and Canada’s Best Lawyers. He is a member of the International Insolvency Institute and INSOL. In 2009, Kraft was one of just two Canadian lawyers nominated for the BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Law Firms, which honors superior client service delivered to corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 and other large companies. In 2011, he was recognized for his expertise in Insolvency & Restructuring Law in Corporate INTL Magazine’s “50 Best Lawyers in Canada.” Kraft received his LL.B. in 1989 from York University, Osgoode Hall Law School and his LL.M. in 1996 from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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.abi.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.