Kon M. Asimacopoulos
Professional Profile
Kon is a Partner in Kirkland's European Restructuring Group and acts for a range of stakeholders in national and international financial restructuring, insolvency and complex dispute resolution matters.
Kon is recognised in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a leading corporate restructuring and insolvency lawyer, and is often engaged to act in the following scenarios:
- Acting for debtors and insolvency practitioners of national and multinational corporations in cross-border insolvencies and reorganisation transactions.
- Acting for debt and equity investors - including a number of leading investment banks, private equity houses and hedge funds - in par, stressed and distressed transactions. These engagements extend to acting for committees of lenders and shareholders in distressed and restructuring scenarios.
- Acting for a range of stakeholders in complex commercial disputes including administrators in contentious insolvency scenarios, investors in rights enforcement actions, and corporations and individuals in a variety of disputes.
Chambers & Partners notes that "Kon Asimacopoulos is a rising star in this area, recommended for his "tenacious and decisive approach." He is also a great strategic thinker with a strong commercial understanding."
Kon speaks regularly at restructuring and distressed investing conferences, and is often quoted in financial and legal media on restructuring, insolvency and distressed related subjects.
Memberships & Affiliations
Full member, INSOL
Full member, Insolvency Lawyers' Association
Full member, Turnaround Management Association
Full member, R3: The Association of Business Recovery Professionals
Other Distinctions
Recognised in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a leading corporate restructuring and insolvency lawyer.
Publications
Kon has recently authored or co-authored a number of publications and client updates, including the following:
- A chapter on US Restructuring for European Investors in the leading restructuring publication A Practitioner's Guide to Corporate Restructuring, City & Financial, 2008
- China's New Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, Journal of Bankruptcy Law, January/February 2007
- Impact of UNCITRAL Model Law on Chapter 11Debtors in the U.K., Financier Worldwide, September 2006
- Court Conduct - The Flexible Approach of the English High Court to European Insolvencies, Legal Week, 28 September 2006
Prior Experience
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, London, U.K.
(July 2002 to December 2005)
Gilbert & Tobin, Sydney, Australia
(May 2000 to June 2002)
