Helena Tseregounis

Helena Tseregounis serves as Regional Department Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Finance Department in California. Helena 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 in and out-of-court mass tort restructurings.

Helena is a current member of the Recruiting Committee. Active in promoting inclusion and opportunity in the legal industry, Helena has supported a variety of programs related to 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.