Sonya’s previous experience on the restructuring side included directing creditors and successor trustees through a range of statutory and privately negotiated restructuring tools and general contingency planning. Her extensive experience has also included counseling debtors and shareholders, as well as boards.
Having been involved in several market-leading transactions, Sonya appreciates the value of leadership as well as balancing different interests among various stakeholder groups. Those transactions have included restructurings of leveraged finance transactions, structured credits, and credit institutions. She is also experienced in pre-pack administrations and European aspects of Chapter 11 filings.
On the insolvency side, Sonya has advised creditors and trustees and has also assisted boards through the "twilight zone" of insolvency.
Sonya brings experience in the aviation industry, which has included representing the foreign administrators of an island nation's airline in securing the English courts' recognition of the airline's insolvency proceeding. She also advised the business rescue practitioners of a foreign airline company on the effectiveness of the foreign law compromise of English law claims as well as the options available for recognition and enforcement.
