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Lee Smith, a director at Kroll Zolfo Cooper, has more than 10 years of professional experience, including specializing in financial advisory and corporate restructurings in both the United States and the United Kingdom. He is currently a member of the team leading the restructuring of the $4 billion automotive supplier, Collins & Aikman, and recently advised a transportation company in Mexico experiencing liquidity problems.
Prior to joining Kroll Zolfo Cooper, Lee was a member of Ernst & Young’s national restructuring group based in New York. There, he specialized in corporate restructurings and reorganizations both inside and outside of Chapter 11, including debtor side advisory work, advising bondholders both in and out of court, large bank work-out assignments, creditor’s committee engagements and negotiations to raise capital on behalf of companies.
Before transferring to New York, Lee was a member of Ernst & Young’s U.K. corporate recovery department, specializing in corporate insolvencies, restructurings and reorganizations, both inside and outside of formal insolvency proceedings across a number of industries. Prior to his work with Ernst & Young, Lee provided audit services to clients in various industries.
Lee is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and is qualified to act as a licensed insolvency practitioner in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals in the United Kingdom, is a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor in the United States, and is a member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. Lee has been published in the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal on the topic of U.S. Chapter 11 versus the U.K. administration procedure under the Enterprise Act.
Lee is a graduate of Loughborough University in England, where he received a B.S. (Honors) in economics with accountancy. | 