Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) announces that Jessica C.K. Boelter of Sidley Austin LLP (Chicago) has been elected to ABI’s Board of Directors. An ABI member since 2011, Boelter is a co-chair of ABI’s Mid-Level Professional Development Program, an advisory board member of ABI’s Views from the Bench conference and a frequent speaker at ABI events. She will serve a term of three years on the 60-member ABI Board of Directors.
Boelter is a partner in Sidley Austin’s Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy group and represents clients in a wide variety of in-court and out-of-court restructuring matters. Her broad range of experience includes, among other things, negotiating DIP financing, cash collateral and exit financing packages; drafting, negotiating and implementing plans of reorganization; negotiating debt and equity documents for reorganized companies; drafting and negotiating sale documents and pleadings in connection with section 363 asset sales; strategic planning for debt-restructuring alternatives and chapter 11 filings; preparing debtors for chapter 11 filings; and structuring exit strategies for chapter 11 proceedings. Boelter has received numerous recognitions, including being named by Global Restructuring Review to its “40 Under 40 2016” list, which featured 40 of the world’s leading restructuring specialists aged 40 and under. Turnarounds & Workouts selected Boelter as one of the Outstanding Young Restructuring Lawyers for 2015, and Law360 named her a Rising Star as one of the country’s top eight bankruptcy lawyers under the age of 40. She received her B.A. in 1999 in political science from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and J.D. magna cum laude in 2002 from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and managing editor of the Minnesota Law Review.
The complete list of directors and officers is available at http://www.abi.org/about-us/board-directors.
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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes more than 12,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.