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Provided by Ryan Bennett
Ryan Blaine Bennett is a restructuring partner in Kirkland & Ellis’ Chicago office. Ryan’s practice focuses on corporate governance and protecting and advancing the financial interests of corporate debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in the various aspects of the borrower-lender relationship. Ryan has played a principal role representing sophisticated corporate borrowers, investors and other key parties in some of the most complex restructuring transactions during the past three decades.
In addition to his company-side representations, Ryan regularly counsels a number of private equity and investment fund clients, both in and out of court, with respect to acquisitions of distressed assets and investments and corporate governance matters related to such clients’ portfolio companies. Ryan’s fund clients include, among others, AE Industrial Partners, Audax Group, Blue Point Capital Partners, GTCR, GSO Capital Partners, Monomoy Capital Partners, Paine Schwartz Partners, Parthenon Capital, Summit Partners and Water Street Healthcare Partners. Likewise, Ryan represents a number of large international corporations with respect to distressed vendor and supply chain matters, including Boeing Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox.
Michigan State University, B.A., Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, 1996; Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 2000.
Provided by Chambers
Ryan Bennett is held in high regard in the restructuring space for his experience of handling high-profile, cross-border restructuring transactions. He is also called upon to provide counsel on Chapter 11 proceedings.
Provided by Chambers
"He is just super strong, commercial and works to get to reasonable solutions."
"He is super skilled, incredibly accessible and knowledgeable."
"He is just super strong, commercial and works to get to reasonable solutions."
"He is super skilled, incredibly accessible and knowledgeable."
