Dennis Lynch
Dennis Lynch is a senior legal executive with 35 years of experience. He was previously the former Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, driving all litigation for a $17+ Billion global company, and currently manages Tyco legacy liabilities resident in a separate corporate structure that total approximately $400 million.
Lynch has extensive experience with federal securities, tax, corporate governance, intellectual property and products liability. He has successfully managed numerous large exposure cases that posed significant external threats to the enterprise, including:
- >$3 billion shareholder lawsuits resulting from the Kozlowski era issues (including an MDL)
- $4.1 billion bondholder lawsuit resulting from the 2007 spin-off of Covidien and TE Connectivity
- $5.4 billion tax litigation relating to the tax treatment for 10 years of acquisition activity
- Dozens of consumer class actions against ADT, including a $700 million class action that ended with a directed verdict in ADT’s favor
- >$600 million in legacy asbestos liabilities; this included the creation of a separate corporate structure and a captive insurance company to shield the Company from exposure. Managed teams of lawyers and legal professionals. He also created and implemented a cash recovery program that has netted >$150 million since 2012.
Lynch holds a B.S. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from University of Maryland School of Law.