Lynette Janssen is a restructuring associate in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP.
Lynette has experience in cross-border restructurings advising debtors, creditors and strategic investors on restructurings of stressed and distressed businesses.
Experience
Representative Matters
Since joining Kirkland, Lynette has worked on the following matters, advising:
Accell Group on its recapitalization which was implemented via a UK scheme of arrangement
An ad hoc group of lenders to Norwegian offshore accommodation vessel group Prosafe on its recapitalization
Arvos Group on its recapitalization via a UK scheme of arrangement
An ad hoc group of lenders on the recapitalization of Lecta
Flint Group on its recapitalization which was implemented fully consensually
Keter Group on its financial restructuring
Prior to joining Kirkland, Lynette worked on the following matters, advising:
An ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders of a US-based fibre manufacturer on a global restructuring involving a share pledge enforcement in the Netherlands
An ad hoc group of stockholders of a UK-based owner of shopping centres on a restructuring involving the injection of new money and transfer of the ownership to a Jersey trust structure
An ad hoc group of senior secured and super senior secured noteholders in connection with the restructuring of an international gaming operator
The government of a country in connection with the restructuring of a major real estate development project, which involved the appointment of provisional liquidators and a parallel Chapter 15 proceeding in the US
Prior Experience
Associate, Milbank LLP, London, 2019–2022
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Recognition
Young Talent 2020 listed by the Dutch Financial Times (Financieele Dagblad)
Winner of the International Insolvency Institute’s 2017 Prize in International Insolvency Studies
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2022, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales
