Lauren Jeffries

Senior Associate

Sydney, Australia

Lauren advises on restructuring, insolvency, distressed debt and special situations lending transactions.

Lauren is a highly regarded restructuring and special situations lawyer with a practice spanning distressed debt, special situations investing and complex restructuring mandates. She advises creditors, companies, insolvency practitioners and investors across a broad range of sectors, with particular expertise acting for credit funds, private equity sponsors and alternative capital providers. Lauren is known for her deep understanding of capital structures and distressed investment strategies, and for providing commercially focused advice on sophisticated transactions in dynamic and often rapidly evolving situations.

Lauren is a Senior Associate in the restructuring and insolvency team and is widely regarded as one of the leading emerging practitioners in the Australian restructuring market. She advises creditors, companies, insolvency practitioners, credit funds and private capital investors on complex restructurings, distressed debt investments and special situations transactions.

Known for her commercial judgement, technical excellence and pragmatic approach, Lauren plays a key role on many of the team's most significant mandates. Her experience spans formal insolvencies, workouts, recapitalisations and special situations financings, particularly those involving alternative capital providers.

Lauren's expertise has been recognised through numerous industry accolades, including Australian Lawyers Weekly's 30 Under 30 (Insolvency), Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, and Australasian Lawyer Rising Star. She is highly valued by clients for her ability to navigate complex issues, deliver practical solutions and drive successful outcomes in challenging and fast-moving situations.

Experience & capabilities

Selected matters

Credit funds, private equity funds and alternative investment funds on distressed and special situations financing transactions, including bespoke capital solutions and complex intercreditor arrangements.
Advising the ad hoc noteholder group on the restructuring and upsizing of Infrabuild’s US$550 million secured notes.
Bain Capital on its acquisition of Virgin Australia out of administration and all aspects of the airline’s restructuring and recapitalisation.
Allegro Funds Management on its successful acquisition of the Global Express division of Toll Group, one of Australia’s largest recent restructuring linked transactions.
The Carlyle Special Situations Group on its successful bid to acquire Pioneer Credit Limited, including all financing aspects of the transaction and its ultimate refinancing.
Exicom in relation to its acquisition of Tritium out of receivership.
The senior lenders to Bis Industries on its solvent debt for equity swap by way of scheme of arrangement and on all of its corporate and asset financing facilities and the financing of various bolt on acquisitions.
Brookfield in relation to its acquisition of La Trobe Financial, including financing arrangements for same.