Cadwalader Bills Lyondell $17M For Summer Work

By Jessica Dye

Law360, New York (November 06, 2009, 6:11 PM ET) -- Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, which represents Lyondell Chemical Co. in its Chapter 11 proceedings, is seeking more than $17 million in fees and expenses for its work over the summer, as the firm tries to bring the chemical producer out of bankruptcy by early 2010.

If approved, the fee request motion, filed Friday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, would bring Cadwalader's total compensation since Lyondell filed for bankruptcy in January to approximately $42.2 million.

In its motion, Cadwalader...
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