Alexis Freeman
Alexis Freeman is an accomplished C-suite executive and boardroom advisor with 20+ years of demonstrated broad leadership experience with public and private companies in strategy, corporate governance, crisis management, restructurings, M&A, post-acquisition business integration, risk management, debt and equity financing, data privacy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) oversight, and human capital matters. Ms. Freeman currently serves as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Lindblad Expeditions, LLC (Nasdaq: LIND), a luxury, expedition ship-based travel company with a platform of land-based adventure travel companies, where she is the first and only female member of the senior executive team. In this role, Ms. Freeman is a business critical, strategic, commercial, and proactive advisor to the board, each of board’s audit, compensation and nominating committees, and the executive and management teams on all legal, strategic growth, operational and compliance matters.
Since joining Lindblad Expeditions, Ms. Freeman has successfully advised, negotiated and closed on (i) three company acquisitions, (ii) a $275 million capital raise to refinance ECA credit facilities and provide a $70 million cash cushion, (iii) the refinancing of the company’s $340 million debt portfolio, (iv) $85 million Main Street lending program funding, (v) $85 million capital raise of private investor preferred equity, (vi) modifications to debt financing documents in light of the pandemic, saving the company millions of dollars of interest expense, (vii) the purchase of four large assets in the aggregate amount of over $250 million, (viii) developing, implementing and amending, as appropriate, various protocols and policies to address health and safety, codes of conduct for board members and employees, and commercial terms and conditions, and (ix) managing and overseeing all litigation.
Prior to joining Lindblad Expeditions, Ms. Freeman was a financial restructuring lawyer with Akin, Gump,Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, widely-recognized as one of the world’s leading restructuring groups, where she advised companies, institutional investors and creditors’ committees in formal and out-of-court restructurings, in financing and strategic transactions, and on distressed and special situations, and was involved in some of the largest, most complex, ground-breaking domestic and cross-border restructurings in recent history, including Sears, SunEdison, Calpine and Payless.
Ms. Freeman has a strong commitment to serving her community through school and non-profit organizations, including currently serving as co-chair of the School Leadership Team and on the board and as governance chair of Repurpose Wardrobe, which utilizes the resale of luxury items to raise funds and develop programs to support the health and wellbeing of women and families and empower individuals through mentorship and workforce opportunities.