Heather Lennox helps boards of directors and management teams navigate crises and distress to develop successful solutions for the enterprise and its stakeholders. She has led some of the country's largest corporate and municipal restructurings (including workouts and reorganizations), whether driven by operational, financial, litigation, mass tort, or regulatory challenges. Her clients hail from every industry, both domestically and internationally.
Heather provides strategic, business-oriented advice to entities facing financial distress and has in-depth experience in convening and directing global legal, business, financial, and media/communications teams in collaborative efforts to achieve clients' goals. She has been named a "Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer and recognized as one of the nation's leading lawyers by legal directories; she also has earned top rankings for many years running in Chambers, Best Lawyers in America, IFLR1000, and Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers. In 2020, Heather was named to Cleveland Magazine's "Cleveland 500" list.
Representative clients include Diebold Nixdorf, The City of Detroit, Nine Point Energy, Peabody Energy, Chrysler LLC, FTD Companies (recognized as "Restructuring Deal of the Year" by The Deal in 2020), Westmoreland Resources, General Motors, Hostess Brands, LTV Steel, Dana Corporation, Lehman Brothers (derivatives counsel), Copperweld Steel, Oglebay Norton, FirstEnergy Corporation in the FES case, Boeing in the GDC Technics case, Metaldyne Corporation, St Mary's of the Woods (a CCRC), Fruehauf Trailer, and many companies that achieved out-of-court solutions.
Heather is a frequent speaker, publisher, and guest lecturer. She is a Conferee of the National Bankruptcy Conference, a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, and a member of other crisis- and restructuring-related organizations. She actively serves on several community and educational boards.
Expérience
Autres publications
- 2011
American College of Bankruptcy Best Practices Report, Formation, Function & Obligations of Equity Committees in Chapter 11 - June 14, 2011
Practice Spotlight: Heather Lennox, Business Law Currents - February 2011
An Overview of Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code and Municipal Debt Adjustments, Westlaw - June 2010
A Tectonic Shift For Administrative Rent Claims? Bankruptcy Court Rejects "Actual Use" Limitation On Debtor-Lessee's Obligation To Pay Postpetition Rent Under Commercial Equipment Lease, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, Vol. 19, No. 3 - 2010
2009: A Changing Bankruptcy Landscape And How It Affected Labor and Benefit Issues, 2010 Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law - June 2007
Reinstatement v. Cramdown: Do Secured Creditors Win or Lose? coauthor, Westlaw - 1999
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Avoiding the Solvency-Related Pitfalls in Spinoff Transactions, The Business Lawyer - 1996
'Safe Harbor in Uncharted Waters' — Securities Law Exemptions Under Section 1125(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, The Business Lawyer - 1994
The Fiduciary Duties of Directors of Financially Troubled Companies, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice - 1993
Applying an Ax When a Scalpel Will Do: The Role of Exclusivity in Chapter 11 Reform, Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice
- March 9, 2022
Behind the Bench: The City of Detroit Bankruptcy: Revisiting Motown's Art of the Deal, panelist, New York, New York - August 19, 2021
Panelist, Out-of-the-Ordinary Out-of-Court Restructuring Issues, ABI Midwest Regional Bankruptcy Seminar - November 4, 2019
ABI Mid-Level Professional Development Program - October 4, 2013
The Imperishable Hostess Brands, Inc., TMA Annual Meeting - February 7, 2013
2013 TMA Distressed Investing Conference - October 14, 2011
Shareholders Count Too: The Role of the Equity Committee in a Volatile Economy, Business Bankruptcy Fall Meeting CLE Program - May 24, 2010
Credit Bidding, panelist, American Bankruptcy Institute's 12th Annual New York City Bankruptcy Conference - October 29, 2009
Pressure on the Supply Chain – Beginning of the End or End of the Beginning, TMA 2009 Webinar Series - September 30, 2009
Labor & Employment Law Changes: What the New Administration Has Brought and What the Future Holds - March 31, 2009
Creating a Restructuring Process that Ensures a Successful Turnaround, panelist, ACI Distressed Debt Investing Summit - December 11, 2008
Protecting Your Human Capital: Indemnities and D&O Insurance in Troubled Times, Jones Day CLE Academy - June 22, 2007
The Tenth Annual Conference on Corporate Reorganizations: Update on Autos and Auto Suppliers - April 27, 2007
The Administratively Insolvent Debtor, panelist, William J. O'Neill Bankruptcy Seminar - November 1, 2006
The Automotive Industry - Where It Was, Where It Is and Where It's Going, panelist, Fall 2006 Conference, International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation - October 6, 2006
Developing Opportunities for a Multicultural Workplace - How to Create Opportunities for All Women, panelist, Capgemini "Reach for the Stars" - September 20, 2005
The Significant Business Provisions of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 - May 13, 2005
What Labor and Employment Lawyers Should Know About the Federal Bankruptcy Process for Corporate Debtors - October 5, 1999
Issues in Debtor in Possession Financing, Jones Day CLE Program - November 30, 1995
The Section 2-207 Battle of the Forms: Disclaimer of Damages and Other Issues - September 28, 1994
Issues of Successor Liability in Section 363 Sales
- Georgetown University (J.D. cum laude 1992; Law Journal); John Carroll University (B.A. summa cum laude 1989)
- New York; Ohio; U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and pro hac vice in several other venues
Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2022)
Top 25 Women Cleveland Super Lawyers (2023)
The American Lawyer: Midwest Trailblazer (2021) and "Dealmaker of the Year" (2015)
IFLR1000: "Notable Practitioner" (2019)
Who's Who Legal: Restructuring & Insolvency (2018)
Crain's Cleveland Business, "Woman of Note" (2015)
The Legal 500 US (multiple years, including "Leading Individual" and "Next Generation Partner")
New York Metro Super Lawyers (2013-)
Ohio Super Lawyers (2005-)
Chambers USA, "Star Individual" (2005-)
Chambers Global, "Leader in Their Field" (2012-)
Member, American College of Bankruptcy (2009-)
Best Lawyers in America (2006-)