Heather Lennox

Heather Lennox is the global leader of Jones Day's Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice. She 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 liability management and reorganization transactions), 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, Vintage Wine Estates, Metaldyne Corporation, St Mary's of the Woods (a CCRC), 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 and a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. She actively serves on several community boards.