Kris HansenKrisHansen
Partner, Financial Restructuring
Kris Hansen is the global co-chair of the Corporate Department and co-chair of the Financial Restructuring group at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Kris is a dealmaker and a consummate tactician renowned for his strong judgment, financial IQ and expansive market knowledge.
Throughout his career, Kris has guided clients through countless engagements both in- and out-of-court across the globe.
Kris helps sophisticated investors in distressed credit formulate and execute complex strategies involving mergers and acquisitions, financing and litigation in and outside of actual bankruptcy. He represents official creditors’ committees in complex corporate Chapter 11 cases, and corporate debtors in connection with formal bankruptcy proceedings and informal negotiations to restructure their debt obligations.
Avaya, Inc. (ad hoc group of first and second lien creditors)
Boardriders (ad hoc group of noteholders)
- Market Leader
IFLR1000
- Dealmakers Hall of Fame: United States
IFLR Americas Awards
- “Post-Restructuring,” American Bankruptcy Institute New York City Bankruptcy Conference, Speaker2021
- "Lender-on-Lender Violence and Its Impact on Valuation Controversies," American Bankruptcy Institute VALCON, Panelist2021