Lynn P. Harrison, III

Lynn P. Harrison, III is a partner in the Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice of Dentons in New York and has more than 30 years of experience in workouts, reorganizations and liquidations on behalf of debtors, creditors, liquidators and trustees. His clients have included foreign and domestic corporations (both public and private), financial institutions, underwriters and governmental creditors. He primarily advises them on chapter 11 reorganizations, chapter 15, and other ancillary proceedings, structured financings, distressed trades and acquisitions. Prior to joining Dentons, Mr. Harrison led the insolvency aspects of the representation as conflicts counsel of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its affiliates in one of the largest and most complex chapter 11 cases ever filed. He also played a key role in the international representation of the Italian Extraordinary Administrator of Parmalat S.p.A., a multinational dairy and food corporation, and its affiliates in restructuring some of the company’s subsidiaries in the United States and Latin America. He also counseled the foreign representatives of Gruppo Covarra S.A. de C.V., the first successful ancillary proceeding initiated by a “sindico” (a Mexican liquidator) in the U.S. since the enactment of Mexico’s insolvency law, the Ley de Concurso Mercantiles. In addition, he has international experience with such cases as China Fishery, SLS Capital, Abengoa and Arcapita. Mr. Harrison is a frequent lecturer and prolific writer on international and domestic insolvency issues. In 2019, he was invited to participate in the Second Circuit Judicial Conference, where he served on a panel among U.S. bankruptcy judges addressing “Failures Without Borders: Adjudicating Global Insolvencies.” Mr. Harrison was selected to attend the UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency Law) at the United Nations as co-representative of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA), an international association of business and commercial lawyers who live in, or otherwise have a strong interest in, the Asia-Pacific Region. He has spoken throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America, the Far East and Africa. He has also been a featured commentator for Forbes magazine in the U.S. and Phoenix TV InfoNews Channel in China. Mr. Harrison received his B.A. in 1979 from Morehouse College and his J.D. in 1983 from New York University School of Law.