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James Lukenda

 
MD - Huron Consulting Group Inc.
 
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Company Name : Huron Consulting Group Inc.
 
Company Website : www.huronconsultinggroup.com
 
Company Address : 550 W Van Buren St.
, Chicago, IL,
United States,
 
James Lukenda Profile :
MD - Huron Consulting Group Inc.
 
James Lukenda Biography :

Jim specializes in financial consulting largely in corporate turnaround loan workouts and bankruptcy situations. He was formerly a partner in Arthur Andersen LLP's New York Corporate Restructuring practice.

Professional Experience

Jim has provided assistance to clients with troubled debt restructurings mergers acquisitions and dispositions litigation and claims analysis fraud investigations and other financial consulting and bankruptcy assignments. His experience spans numerous industry categories including the heavy manufacturing retailing electronics consumer products and distribution construction and contracting communications and publishing real estate and hospitality industries.

Jim's extensive bankruptcy and restructuring experience includes: preparation for and providing expert testimony on issues of business plans liquidations avoidance actions substantive consolidation and other reorganization and bankruptcy issues; development and evaluation of strategic business plans on behalf of debtors and creditors including the evaluation of customer and product profitability store and plant profitability overhead structure and industry viability; analysis for providing expert testimony on business performance lost profits and underlying claims for damages; preparation and evaluation of valuation reports including enterprise value and liquidation analyses; negotiation and evaluation of terms of plans of reorganization and underlying post confirmation documents and covenants; negotiation and evaluation of out-of-court debt restructuring proposals; negotiation and evaluation of asset and going concern business sales in connection with representation of non-U.S. administrators and receivers; evaluation of alternative liquidation plans for cessation of business for non-U.S. parent; serving as a court directed examiner over debtor distributions and disbursements; providing technical and operational support for liquidation and creditor distribution trustees in handling proofs-of-claim reserve requirements taxes and distributions; serving as technical advisor to engagement teams on financial and accounting issues regarding "fresh start" reporting and post-petition and post-confirmation accounting; analysis and formulation of operating and financial process improvements; serving as a teller or inspector of elections.

Representative examples of Jim's restructuring related engagement experience include:

Northwest Airlines Inc.- Debtors

Global Crossing - Debtors

Warnaco - Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

Bradlees Stores Inc. - Debtors

Hillsborough Holdings Corporation - Official Bondholders Committee

Conran's - Advisor to Board of Directors

JWP Inc. - Bonding Surety

Lomas Mortgage USA Inc. - Acquirer of Mortgage Portfolio

Olympia & York - Committee of Tower B Bondholders

Petrie Retail Inc. - Equity Investors and DIP Lender

Phar-Mor Inc. - Chapter 11 Acquirer

Pocket Communications Inc. - Debtors

Rickel Home Centers Inc. - Debtors

Robert Maxwell Group - Joint Administrators

Education & Certifications

BSBA cum laude Georgetown University School of Business Administration

Certified Public Accountant (New Jersey and New York)

Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor

Professional Associations

Board of Directors - Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) (1992 - present) INSOL (1999-2003)

President (AIRA) (2002-2003)

Member - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Civic Involvement

Member - Tri State Board of Governors - Adoptive Parents Committee Inc.

Member - Board of Governors Treasurer - Adoptive Parents Committee NJ Chapter

 
James Lukenda Colleagues :
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Gary Holdren

Chmn., CEO, Pres. Please login

Gary Burge

VP, CFO, Treasurer Please login

Daniel Broadhurst

VP, COO Please login

Natalia Delgado

VP, General Counsel, Corp. Sec. Please login

Wayne Lipski

Controller, Assist. Treasurer Please login


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