George Klidonas

George Klidonas is a partner in the Restructuring & Special Situation Group of Latham & WatkinsLLP in New York, where he focuses his practice on in-court and out-of-court corporate restructurings.His practice involves representing companies (including portfolio, privately held and public companies), equity owners and sponsors, and committees and distressed investors (including hedge funds and private-equity funds) in acquisitions, out-of-court restructurings and chapter 11 cases. Mr. Klidonas also advises boards of directors, board committees and senior management of financially troubled companies on a range of issues, including fiduciary duties and corporate governance. Recent examples of restructurings that he was involved with include American Energy - Permian Basin, LLC, APC Automotive, FULLBEAUTY Brands Holdings Corp., Lonestar Resources US Inc., Mallinckrodt plc, One Call Corp.,Sungard AS Capital, Inc., Superior Energy Services, Inc. and Windstream Holdings, Inc. Mr. Klidonas regularly speaks on legal and financial topics for leading organizations, including CNBC, the Turn-around Management Association, Wharton Restructuring and Distressed Investing Conference and ABI.He also regularly speaks at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Mr. Klidonas previously worked on secondment at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in its Special Situations Group. In this role, he advised the investment team on existing portfolio investments as well as new investments. He also supported theKKR team with distressed investments/transactions and new investment opportunities, including rescue financing, debtor-in-possession and exit financing, recapitalizations, equity investments, distressed trades and other opportunistic investments. Mr. Klidonas received his undergraduate degree from Ford-ham University, his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and his LL.M. in restructuring from St. John’s University School of Law.