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Restructuring/Insolvency

South Africa

8 Years Ranked

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Provided by Lara Kahn

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Lara has extensive experience in business rescue and restructuring, as well as insolvency related matters. She has acted for business rescue practitioners, curators, creditors, lenders and the suppliers of post-commencement finance in a number of large and high-profile business rescues. Lara has also acted for lenders, for various restructuring advisory teams and for companies in the carrying out of informal restructures and contingency planning in a distressed debt environment.

Her expertise extends also to commercial litigation in the distressed debt and restructuring sphere. She has written a number of articles on business rescue and has participated in numerous panels discussing restructuring and business rescue related issues, both nationally and internationally.​

Career

Lara's qualifications include:

LLB, University of Cape Town, 1995

BA, University of Cape Town, 1993

Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Professional Memberships

Member of the Turnaround Management Association Southern Africa

Member of the South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association

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Restructuring/Insolvency - South Africa
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Lara Kahn is a prominent lawyer with an established reputation for her representation of distressed entities and their rescue practitioners in all aspects of business rescue proceedings. She additionally assists with the subsequent restructuring and reorganisations of companies, as well as the sale of assets, and is based in Cape Town.

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