Lindsey Henrikson

LINDSEY is a partner in the Financial Restructuring group at Paul Hastings LLP in the firm’s Chicago office. Her practice focuses on private credit, financial restructuring and other insolvency-related matters. She has represented secured and unsecured creditors, debtors and other parties in interest across a variety of industries, with particular experience in energy, retail, pharmaceuticals and health care. She frequently advises clients in chapter 11 bankruptcy on debtor-in-possession financings and asset sales. She also has expertise in structuring out-of-court workouts and liability-management transactions, including through public/private and strict foreclosure transactions. She spearheaded the representation of Reficar, a Colombian state-owned refinery, in a cross-border dispute spanning U.S., U.K. and Dutch courts. The case included the longest trial to date under the U.K.’s new insolvency law and resulted in Reficar securing a 20% equity stake in McDermott International, and it was named ABI’s 2024 International Deal of the Year.

Lindsey is a member of ABI and the National Association of Women Lawyers. She was recognized in 2025 by both Chambers USA in its Up and Coming: Bankruptcy/Restructuring list, and in Turnarounds & Workouts as an Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyer. She also was named a Law360 Rising Star in Bankruptcy. In addition, she has been a panel expert for the American College of Bankruptcy and the Southern Bankruptcy Law Institute.

Lindsey came into restructuring after teaching in China, having been drawn to the complexity and urgency of helping clients navigate financial distress. Her experience in the classroom helped her learn how to focus a group, think on her feet and connect with people from all backgrounds. She brings the same commitment to her pro bono work, including helping asylum-seekers and DACA recipients secure legal protections, and she has led teams representing “dreamers” and asylees, including a female military professor who fled the Taliban after the fall of Kabul. In addition, she focuses on teaching others and has been recognized for her dedicated mentorship and leadership in women’s groups within the firms where she has worked. An avid runner, she has run five of the six Abbott World Marathon Majors, and she volunteers with the Chicago Area Runner’s Association.