Kristine G. Manoukian

Kristine Manoukian is a partner in the Business Reorganization Group at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. Her practice includes corporate restructurings (both in and out of court), with a particular focus on the representation of hedge funds, financial institutions, ad hoc creditor groups, companies and buyers in distressed situations across a wide array of industries. Kristine has substantial experience in advising a variety of clients in every phase of restructurings, workouts and distressed investing, including on financing and cash collateral, “credit bid,” plan confirmation and other issues arising in the context of Chapter 11 cases. Her notable recent representations include an ad hoc group of lenders comprised of major hedge funds in the Westmoreland Coal Company Chapter 11 cases, the prepetition secured lender, debtor in possession financing lender and purchaser of substantially all of the assets of Relativity Media and an ad hoc group of bondholders and new money lenders in connection with the multibillion-dollar global restructuring of the Abengoa group of companies.