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Ms Helena Tseregounis

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Position

Helena Tseregounis represents clients in all aspects of domestic and cross-border corporate reorganizations and restructurings.

Helena guides companies, creditors, buyers, creditors’ committees, and other interested parties across the insolvency life cycle, including:

  • Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings
  • Distressed asset acquisitions
  • Bankruptcy-related litigation
  • Out-of-court restructurings

Helena also regularly advises companies on successful strategies to address mass tort and legacy liabilities including those relating to asbestos, talc, environmental manufacturing, and all other product liabilities, and has represented clients in numerous mass tort restructurings.

Helena serves as Regional Department Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Finance Department in California and is a current member of the Recruiting Committee. Active in promoting women’s advancement in the legal industry, Helena spearheaded a program in the Los Angeles office that provided mentorship to women associates with a focus on career development and attorney retention. She is also a former Co-Chair of Los Angeles Women Lawyers Group and a former member of the Los Angeles Pro Bono Committee.

While in law school, Helena was involved with the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic and externed for Judge Robert E. Gordon, Appellate Court of Illinois.

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United States > Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate

(Next Generation Partners)

Helena Tseregounis – Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP has substantially enhanced its market position through a series of senior lateral hires. Operating across multiple industries, the firm is now widely considered to be a leader in company-side engagements in the restructuring and bankruptcy field, along with having genuine credibility in creditor-side representations. It benefits from its bountiful private equity client base, along with a substantial list of public company clients, rounded off by its contacts to banks, direct lenders and private credit providers. Ray Schrock has joined as global chair of the restructuring and special situations team, arriving alongside Candace Arthur and Alexander Welch from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Andrew Parlen was hired from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP to lead the US restructuring team, while Joseph Zujkowski has arrived from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP to bolster the team’s creditor-side expertise. George Davis has an outstanding reputation, with Los Angeles-based Jeff Bjork and Chicago’s Caroline Reckler also highly rated. David Hammerman and Los Angeles-based Helena Tseregounis are notable practitioners. Named individuals are based in New York unless stated otherwise.

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