The matchmakers behind the AMR-US Airways marriage

After sitting out the industry’s last round of mega-mergers, airline giants AMR, parent of American Airlines, and US Airways Group are finally tying the knot. Meet the matchmakers: the financial and legal advisers for AMR’s unsecured creditors’ committee in bankruptcy.

Jack Butler, the Skadden lawyer representing the creditor panel in AMR’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, joined forces with investment bankers Gregg Polle and Bill Derrough from Moelis & Co to make sure AMR management - which was not exactly keen on a merger during the case - would give consolidation a fair shake.

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