KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP

KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP

Edward O. Sassower, P.C.

Steven N. Serajeddini, P.C. (admitted pro hac vice)

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Telephone: (212) 446-4800

Facsimile: (212) 446-4900

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John R. Luze (admitted pro hac vice)

300 North LaSalle 

Chicago, Illinois 60654

Telephone: (312) 862-2000

Facsimile: (312) 862-2200

COOLEY LLP

Cullen D. Speckhart (VSB 79096)

Admitted to practice in New York, Virginia, Missouri and 

Texas; Not admitted to practice in DC, supervised by 

members of DC bar

Olya Antle (VSB 83153)

Admitted to practice in Virginia; Not admitted to practice 

in DC, supervised by members of DC bar

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004-2400

Telephone: (202) 842-7800

Facsimile: (202) 842-7899

Co-Counsel to the Debtors and Debtors in Possession 

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

RICHMOND DIVISION

In re:

ASCENA RETAIL GROUP, INC., et al.,

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Debtors

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Chapter 11

Case No. 20-33113 (KRH)

(Jointly Administered)

DECLARATION OF DISINTERESTEDNESS OF

PROPOSED ORDINARY COURSE PROFESSIONAL

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I, David Rose declare under penalty of perjury:

1. I am a partner in the law firm of Mishcon de Reya LLP located at Africa House, 70

Kingsway, London WC2B 6AH, United Kingdom (the “Firm”).

1 A complete list of each of the Debtors in these chapter 11 cases may be obtained on the website of the Debtors’ 

claims and noticing agent at http://cases.primeclerk.com/ascena. The location of Debtor Ascena Retail Group, Inc.’s 

principal place of business and the Debtors’ service address in these chapter 11 cases is 933 MacArthur Boulevard, 

Mahwah, New Jersey 07430. 

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2. Ascena Retail Group, Inc. and its affiliates, as debtors and debtors in possession

(collectively, the “Debtors”), have requested that the Firm provide legal services to the Debtors 

relating to intellectual property matters, and the Firm has consented to provide such services. 

3. The Firm may have performed services in the past, may currently perform services,

and may perform services in the future in matters unrelated to these chapter 11 cases for persons 

that are parties in interest in the Debtors’ chapter 11 cases. The Firm, however, does not perform 

services for any such person in connection with these chapter 11 cases, or have any relationship 

with any such person, their attorneys, or accountants that would be adverse to the Debtors or their 

estates.

4. As part of its customary practice, the Firm is retained in cases, proceedings, and

transactions involving many different parties, some of whom may represent or be employed by the 

Debtors, claimants, and parties in interest in these chapter 11 cases.

5. Neither I nor any principal, partner, director, officer of, or professional employed

by, the Firm has agreed to share or will share any portion of the compensation to be received from 

the Debtors with any other person other than the Firm.

6. Neither I nor any principal, partner, director, officer of, or professional employed

by, the Firm, insofar as I have been able to ascertain, holds or represents any interest adverse to 

the Debtors or their estates with respect to the matter(s) upon which the Firm is to be employed.

7. The Debtors owe (via the US law firm Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.) the

Firm £21,094.22 for prepetition services, the payment of which I understand is subject to 

limitations contained in title 11 of the United States Code.

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8. As of the Petition Date, which was the date on which the Debtors commenced these

chapter 11 cases, the Firm was not party to an agreement for indemnification with certain of the 

Debtors.

9. The Firm is conducting further inquiries regarding its retention by any creditors of

the Debtors, and upon conclusion of that inquiry, or at any time during the period of its 

employment, if the Firm should discover any facts bearing on the matters described herein, the 

Firm will supplement the information contained in this Declaration.

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Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true 

and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Dated: _7 October 2020__________________________ Respectfully submitted,

David Rose

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