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Overview
Joanne Lau is of counsel in the Financial Restructuring group of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's New York office. She represents hedge funds, private equity funds, banks, large institutional investors, public and private companies, ad hoc committees, official creditor committees and lenders in the structuring, negotiation, financing and implementation of mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, restructurings and workouts, in both in-court and out-of-court transactions.
Accolades
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2025
Education
- Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2014
- Boston University, B.A., 2011
Representations
- 21st Century Oncology, Inc. (ad hoc term lender/noteholder group)
- Aceto (official committee of unsecured creditors)
- Array Marketing (ad hoc term lender group)
- Caesars Entertainment Operating Corporation (ad hoc term lender group)
- Cenveo (DIP agent and lenders)
- Checkers Restaurants Inc. (ad hoc group of first lien lenders)
- Empire Generating Co. (ad hoc term lender group)
- Empire Today (ad hoc group of secured lenders)
- Franchise Group (ad hoc group of first lien and DIP lenders)
- Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. (prepetition secured lender and DIP lender)
- GC Services (ad hoc term lender group)
- Haggen Holdings (debtor)
- Interactive Health Services (ad hoc group of second lien lenders)
- Iracore International Holdings, Inc. (ad hoc bondholder group)
- LightSquared, Inc. (secured lender)
- Monitronics (ad hoc group of senior unsecured noteholders)
- Murray Metallurgical Coal Holdings (DIP/secured lender)
- Panda Liberty (ad hoc term lender group)
- Panda Patriot (ad hoc term lender group)
- Permian Production Partners (ad hoc group of term lenders)
- Pyxus (ad hoc group of lenders)
- Strike (lender and purchaser in 363 sale)
- Ultra Petroleum Corp. (ad hoc term lender group)
- VIP Cinema Seating (second lien lender)