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Composed of the most respected turnaround professionals in the industry, AlixPartners is widely recognized for its long and successful record in helping companies resolve urgent situations and implement rapid change. Our professionals share a practical, results-oriented mind-set that understands that in these situations, failure is not an option. We work side by side with both management teams and stakeholders to provide a broad range of services to companies facing strategic, financial, and operational challenges. Recent engagements vary in size and complexity from mid-market to very large cross-border situations.   We serve as the restructuring advisor and/or interim management for insolvencies, bankruptcies, and restructuring cases across a broad range of industries and countries.

We’re turnaround and restructuring experts, but because we’re business executives first, we understand how to build consensus, manage expectations, and control the restructuring to retain maximum value.

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a leading global professional services firm that delivers restructuring and turnaround, disputes and investigations, performance improvement and other advisory services to companies, investors, government entities and their counsel.  A&M’s senior professionals bring operating, management, litigation and investigative expertise combined with top-tier consulting and specialized industry experience to meet the changing needs of clients.

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A&M’s Restructuring and Turnaround professionals bring a distinct hands-on approach to complex operational and financial challenges requiring speed to execution, including serving in interim management and CRO roles, advising underperforming companies, advising creditor groups, acting in fiduciary roles, and providing claims management services.

A&M’s Disputes and Investigations professionals bring an independent, objective approach to solving problems, drawing on their deep skills and experience in litigation consulting, business investigations, forensic technology and expert testimony to provide clients with the solutions they seek to achieve their goals. 

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Connect with A&M by visiting www.alvarezandmarsal.com or by contacting:

• Laureen Ryan (Disputes and Investigations, New York)
• Julie Hertzberg (Restructuring and Turnaround, Detroit)
• Suzanne Stuckwisch (Disputes and Investigations, San Francisco)
• Andrea Gonzalez (Disputes and Investigations, Chicago)
• Aruni Weerasekera (Disputes and Investigations, and Restructuring and Turnaround, Hong Kong)

Prime Clerk is a leading bankruptcy and restructuring claims and noticing agent based in New York and was founded by veteran restructuring attorneys and consultants with the vision of bringing next generation technology, leading professionalism and reliable service into a stagnant industry.  Prime Clerk delivers tailored, practical and client-collaborative solutions to bankruptcy administration.

For more than 30 years, Stretto (formerly Bankruptcy Management Solutions/BMS) has served as a trusted administrative partner, providing consumer-bankruptcy and corporate-restructuring solutions to fiduciaries.  We leverage deep-industry expertise to manage case administration and ensure fiduciaries are prepared for anything that comes their way.  “Stretto” is a musical term indicating when one voice picks up where another leaves off, and, as our name implies, Stretto seamlessly integrates streamlined workflows and best-in-class technology to orchestrate the administrative process and create harmony for professionals and their teams.  For more information about Stretto, visit www.stretto.com.

Arnold & Porter’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring practice provides comprehensive services in all aspects of restructuring and insolvency proceedings from pre-workout phase through litigation, if necessary. Our team of more than 30 insolvency and restructuring practitioners, located in Washington, DC, New York, Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles, has been at the forefront of some of the largest and most complex multinational restructurings and insolvencies of recent past. The firm and its bankruptcy partners have been recognized by numerous publications as being among the leading bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers in the United States, including Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, BTI Client Service All-Stars, The Best Lawyers in America, Legal 500 US: Corporate and Finance, Guide to the World's Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers, and other publications.

With more than 60 offices nationwide, BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. As the U.S. Member Firm of BDO International Limited, we leverage the international resources and relationships from 1,500 offices in 162 countries to serve our clients wherever they may do business. At BDO, quality, independent service is paramount and is the key to our success in building strong, long-term client relationships. We embrace a hands-on, flexible service philosophy based on the attention of experienced professionals and a culture of openness, candor, and trust.

BMC Group sets the industry standards of information management in insolvency and restructuring matters, mergers & acquisitions, class actions and mass tort cases.  Our dynamic information management solutions are flexible to accommodate the ever-changing needs of the businesses and professionals we support.

BMC Group’s global network, superior technology, collaborative approach, precision and experience reduces turnaround times, ensures effective communication, eliminates redundancies and cuts administrative costs without sacrificing quality.  We deliver critical information with speed and accuracy to empower decision makers.  With more than 200 professionals throughout North America, Asia, and Europe, BMC Group is committed to your success.
 

Thirty-one year old Equity Partners HG is an investment banking division (of Heritage Global)  that provides going concern solutions (debt, equity, entirety sale) to distressed businesses. We have completed more than 550 transactions, including in 275+ chapter 11 cases in 70 bankruptcy courts.  We regularly provide real solutions in 60 days or less, in almost every industry and in every region of the country.  Other Heritage divisions include: Heritage Global Partners –industrial auctions across many verticals. Heritage Valuation Partners –equipment and inventory appraisals for lenders. ZetaBid – real estate auctions. NLEX – auctions receivables portfolios.

FTI Consulting, Inc. is an independent global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes. With more than 900 professionals located in 14 countries and 45 offices, our Corporate Finance & Restructuring professionals work closely with clients, partnering with them throughout the value creation lifecycle to anticipate, illuminate and overcome complex restructuring, business transformation and transaction challenges and opportunities. Our experts with impact take an industry-first approach, delivering critical solutions in industries, including real estate; retail; automotive; energy, power and products; mining and metals; financial institutions; healthcare; and telecom, media and entertainment.

Getzler Henrich & Associates is one of the nation’s most respected names in middle-market corporate restructuring, and has been providing operational and financial restructuring services, crisis and interim management, process improvement/Lean Sigma, sales and marketing strategy, and transaction advisory services since 1968. The firm serves a wide range of public and private companies from ‘old economy’ manufacturing-and-distribution businesses, to ‘new economy’ industries like technology and service firms. Its domestic and international clients range in size from $50 million to $1 billion.

Long admired for its results-oriented approach, the firm deploys rapid, pragmatic decision making and metrics-driven implementation services for its clients. Getzler Henrich professionals apply their years of experience in executive-level positions at major corporations to consistently and successfully guide companies through all phases of crises and growth.

Getzler Henrich (www.getzlerhenrich.com) is headquartered in New York, with offices located in the Southeast, New England, and the Midwest.

Lowenstein Sandler is a national law firm with over 325 lawyers in New York, Palo Alto, New Jersey, Utah, and Washington, D.C.

We have built a reputation for pursuing every matter with creativity and passion. Our lawyers are guided by four core values:

• An intense devotion to client service
• An entrepreneurial approach to finding solutions
• The ability to anticipate rather than just respond to client needs
• Strong relationships based on mutual trust with our colleagues, our clients and our community

The firm represents leaders in virtually every sector of the global economy, with particular emphasis on investment funds, life sciences, and technology. Recognized for its entrepreneurial spirit and high
standard of client service, the firm is committed to the interests of its clients, colleagues, and communities.

Lowenstein Sandler’s Bankruptcy, Financial Reorganization & Creditors’ Rights Department is widely regarded as a national leader, advising companies during turbulent periods with a proven track record of successful reorganizations and workouts across a wide spectrum of industries.

As a crucial advisor to numerous Fortune 500 companies, our attorneys have been involved in many of the nation’s largest Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court workouts and financial restructurings. We maintain a national profile through our representation of unsecured creditors’ committees, as well as individual secured and unsecured creditors. Lowenstein Sandler’s bankruptcy practice and its leaders are top ranked in the 2018 edition of the Chambers USA guide, and we are consistently ranked among the most active bankruptcy departments in the nation by The Deal.

Our representation spans across various industries, including retail, food, energy, chemical, healthcare, technology, media and telecommunications, municipal, manufacturing, paper and publishing,. We counsel a diverse group of creditors’ committees, including bondholders, financial institutions, trade vendors and
various labor unions.

We also represent debtors in Chapter 11 cases; investors in or purchasers of assets, securities or obligations of companies in Chapter 11; and indenture trustees, public debt holders, and others in the restructuring of publicly held debt and equity securities.

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. is a leading law firm with more than 200 lawyers practicing in eight offices within the mid-Atlantic region. The firm represents businesses of various sizes, from national and global companies to local and emerging businesses. The firm has a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers with extensive experience in handling distressed loans, restructurings and workouts for both lenders and borrowers. Lawyers in our Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy practice represent debtors, creditors and equity investors in bankruptcy cases and insolvency proceedings; however, representation of secured creditors remains a focus of our practice. We have substantial experience in all types of insolvency litigation, including preference and fraudulent conveyance litigation, as well as complex business litigation, commercial litigation and enforcement proceedings. To ensure that we continually develop the best resources and expertise needed in representing our clients, we have established our Finance & Capital Markets, Manufacturing & Distribution, and Real Estate Industry Teams.

In Canada, PwC has more than 6,800 partners and staff in locations from coast to coast.

With more than 110 years of excellence in Canada, we provide industry focused professional services including audit and assurance, risk assurance, tax, deals and consulting in areas such as cybersecurity and privacy, human resources, digital transformation and forensics. We help resolve complex issues and identify opportunities for public, private and government clients.

As part of a global network of over 250,000 people in 158 countries, we help organizations and individuals create the impact they’re looking for, by delivering the best of our collective thinking, experience and solutions to build public trust and enhance value for our people, clients and communities. 

PwC is one of the world’s largest providers of business recovery, turnaround and insolvency services. Our global network of more than 2000 highly skilled professionals in 144 countries can rapidly deploy across borders to assist stakeholders in troubled and seriously underperforming businesses. Our business recovery professionals are valued by clients for our ability to quickly identify problems, gain cooperation, develop viable solutions, and implement them with sensitivity and precision.

Tell us what matters to you, and find out more by visiting us at www.pwc.com/ca, or by contacting Michelle Pickett at 416 815 5002, or michelle.pickett@pwc.com. 

Sequor Law is a Miami-based international law firm representing financial institutions, sovereign governments and state-owned enterprises, public and non-public companies, insolvency practitioners, and individual clients in the areas of asset recovery, financial fraud, insolvency, and financial litigation services.

Founded in 1970, Trenam Kemker has evolved to meet the changing needs of our clients. Our flexibility has allowed the firm to develop and retain clients, both large and small, across a wide range of industries including retail, real estate, development, banking, manufacturing, chemical, financial services and technology. Our ability to represent clients in all facets of their business, from litigation to complex business transactions, at reasonable rates has allowed us to grow at a rapid pace.  Today, Trenam Kemker is a full service law firm with offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida. We have approximately ninety lawyers practicing in many areas, all sharing the goal of working with clients to establish cost effective, highly sophisticated and responsive representation. Our attorneys value relationships over projects, and we strive in all instances to be not just lawyers, but reliable partners and trusted advisors to our clients.

Adams-Levine is a premier surety bond provider to the bankruptcy and restructuring community. As a combined force for over 20 years, Adams-Levine provides surety bonds to court districts around the country. Our surety expertise is broad; however, our primary focus is in bonds for Bankruptcy Trustees (Chapter 7, 11, 12, & 13), Plan Administrators and Receivers, as well as in Bank Depository Bonds. Also available are various types of Court (Supersedeas, Appeal, TRO), Fiduciary and Miscellaneous (Auctioneer) bonds. With offices in New York City and Houston, our service is fast, friendly and complete; only A-rated surety companies are used. You will be surprised by how expertly a surety bond can be obtained.

Recognized as one of the top firms for client service, BakerHostetler is a leading national law firm that helps clients around the world to address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. The firm has more than 960 lawyers located in 14 offices coast to coast and is widely regarded as having one of the country’s top 10 tax practices, a nationally recognized litigation practice, an award-winning data privacy practice and an industry-leading business practice which includes our highly-praised bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors rights team. The firm is also recognized internationally for its groundbreaking work recovering more than $11 billion in the Madoff Recovery Initiative, representing the SIPA Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

With offices across the southeastern United States and in strategically selected cities nationwide, Jones Walker’s bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors'-debtors' rights practice has represented clients with interests, operations, and investments in a number of key economic sectors, including energy, financial services, hospitality, maritime, utilities, and real estate. Jones Walker’s team provides creditors, debtors, trustees, investors, lessors and lessees, pre-petition and post-petition lenders, and receivers with counsel in often complex bankruptcy and/or other insolvency matters, adversary proceedings, forbearances, judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, loan modifications and reviews, special liens, mediations and consumer-related litigation. We maintain a national and international footprint with the cases our team has covered. Because Jones Walker has attorneys in multiple disciplines in over 14 offices across the US, we deliver sophisticated legal counsel at competitive rates with three fellows in the American College of Bankruptcy, two Board Certified attorneys by the American Board of Certification in the areas of Business Bankruptcy and Creditor’s Rights, six attorneys recognized in Chambers in the bankruptcy arena, and one attorney who completed the American Bankruptcy Institute and St. John’s University School of Law Bankruptcy Mediation Training.

Kristina Johnson, Mississippi

Elizabeth Futrell, Louisiana

Laura Ashley, Louisiana

Miller Canfield has one of the leading commercial real estate workout and foreclosure practices in the country as well as talented bench of creditors’ rights, workout and restructuring professionals in the Midwest, including in Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. Focusing on assets in the Midwest, the firm has represented special servicers, investment banks, commercial banks and investors in billions of dollars’ worth of non-performing loans. Our dedicated team of professionals has handled workouts for the City of Detroit, automotive, agriculture, manufacturing and in real estate for all property types and has litigated some of the industry’s leading cases. Our team’s deep knowledge of real estate law combined with our workout, bankruptcy and litigation experience makes us uniquely capable of developing the most effective strategies to enforce our clients’ rights in alignment with their business objectives. We are committed to providing our clients with unparalleled client service, finding the most efficient and cost-effective way to meet our client’s needs while maximizing recovery. Our workout, creditors’ rights, commercial real estate and foreclosure and bankruptcy practice is backed by more than 250 attorneys and paralegals across all practice areas and industry teams, including specialties in agriculture, automotive, tax and environmental law. For over 165 years Miller Canfield has effectively represented numerous financial institutions—some for more than a century and other business clients. Meet Miller Canfield at www.millercanfield.com.

As Germany's leading corporate restructuring and insolvency law practice we've been bringing entrepreneurial flair and specialist expertise to all aspects of transnational insolvency cases, for more than 35 years. We assist and steer through a wide range of complex international restructuring and refinancing matters involving companies in financial difficulties, or that are insolvent.

We are committed to design innovative solutions for in and out of court restructuring scenarios and refinancing concepts as we conduct security management for creditors on multiple cross-border levels.

The firm has a staff of more than 600 people, among them 95 lawyers, with 38 offices in Germany as well as international offices in London, Paris and Strasbourg.

In the area of business recovery and restructuring we specialize in:

• Reorganisation, including restructuring plans
• Risk and portfolio management, including trustee structures and creditor pools
• Distressed M&A, including non-performing loans
• Labour and employment law
• Transnational insolvency law
• Liability issues, including recharacterisation as equity, equity, equitable subordination and avoidance

Our cross-border practice group handles all Germany-related aspects of European, English and American business recovery and insolvency cases, with each team member focusing on particular jurisdictions, legal cultures and languages.

The Schultze & Braun insolvency administrators are appointed by around 50 percent of the German insolvency courts. Major cases that the firm has advised on include:

• Flow Tex, an international fraud case involving over 2bn in damages
• Phoenix, an international fraud case involving over €600 m in damages
• Daewoo Germany, Fairchild Dornier and Beluga Shipping
• Winterling and Rosenthal, a famous German porcelain producer
• Frankfurter Rundschau, a well-known German newspaper
• Saargummi, a global leader in manufacturing sealing systems for automotive applications
• Solar Millennium, planning and financing solar power plant around the world
• Windreich, the German leader for wind farm constructions

SM Financial Services Corporation offers innovative alternatives to bring cases to a timely and successful conclusion. Providing a professional and efficient choice for trustees, attorneys, creditors’ committees, secured lenders, turnaround/restructuring professionals and business advisors  with immediate funds for difficult-to-liquidate assets by purchasing notes, judgments, preference claims (even those under $5,000), mortgages, receivables, financial paper and remainder assets as well as providing funding for trustee litigation and managing debt collection in wind-down situations.

Founded in 1931, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been a preeminent provider of legal services for more than 80 years. With approximately 1,100 lawyers in offices on three continents, Weil has been a pioneer in establishing a geographic footprint that has allowed the Firm to partner with clients wherever they do business. The Firm's four departments, Corporate, Litigation, Business Finance & Restructuring, and Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits, and more than two dozen practice groups are consistently recognized as leaders in their respective fields. Weil has become a highly visible leader among major law firms for its innovative diversity and pro bono initiatives, the product of a comprehensive and long-term commitment which has ingrained these values into our culture. Our proven, demonstrated experience allows the Firm to provide clients with unmatched legal services. Please see www.weil.com for more information, including awards and rankings.

Buchalter Nemer is a full-service business law firm that supports an array of industries –among them, aviation and aerospace, financial institutions, apparel and consumer goods, hospital and health, restaurants, private equity, technology, solar and green concepts and wineries– in regional, national and international markets, with recognized expertise in restructuring and insolvency.

Our founding principle - providing our clients with the best business solutions - continues to lead us. We value each client relationship, recognizing that their success is our success. 

Christian & Barton, L.L.P., maintains a broad-based civil practice, serving clients throughout the United States. Our offices are located in Richmond, the capital of Virginia, and our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to closely-held businesses, and include governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Many firm clients are entrepreneurs engaged in high technology businesses, real estate ventures and expanding professional groups. Others engage in banking, communications, healthcare, insurance and transportation. One of Virginia's foremost firms, Christian & Barton traces its origins to 1926, when Andrew Christian and Robert Barton established a law practice to provide legal services at competitive rates while maintaining the highest professional standards. We strive to maintain these traditions while evolving to meet the needs of our clients. (www.cblaw.com)

Located in Madison, Wisconsin, but with a regional presence, DeMarb Brophy LLC brings together attorneys who excel in their varied areas of practice under one roof.  The chemical symbol in our logo is the symbol for caffeine. Not only do we love a good cup of coffee, but we practice law fully caffeinated. You will not wait for us.  DeMarb represents businesses and other interested parties in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, state court receiverships, sales of business assets and out-of-court business reorganizations. Rebecca DeMarb often serves as the receiver for operating and liquidating businesses, as well as in real estate matters.  Working diligently to meet the needs of her clients, Rebecca is hands-on, responsive, and focused on bringing diverse interests together to reach acceptable solutions that are cost-effective and make solid business sense.  She brings a polished work-product and a no-nonsense approach to her streamlined, lean and efficient practice.  

A business considering a corporate restructuring needs a strategic partner who can offer guidance and manage all administrative functions. Donlin, Recano & Company, Inc. (Donlin Recano), an AST company, has the expertise and comprehensive case management and consulting services to assist corporations every step of the way. With services including claims administration, file preparation, noticing, balloting, tabulation, debt issuer, and disbursement services, our clients know that we will be able to assist with all aspects of the restructuring process.

JAMS doesn't just resolve disputes—we solve problems.

JAMS successfully resolves and manages business and legal disputes by providing efficient, cost-effective and impartial ways of overcoming barriers at any stage of conflict. JAMS offers customized dispute resolution services locally and globally through a combination of industry-specific experience, first-class client service, top-notch facilities and highly trained panelists.

Founded in 1979, JAMS is the world’s largest private alternative dispute resolution (ADR) provider. Our panel includes more than 400 retired state and federal court judges and attorneys with proven track records and extensive practice area and industry expertise. JAMS neutrals and clients are supported by more than 200 associates, including ADR systems design experts and case managers with decades of experience.

After more than 35 years of private practice, Judith Elkin retired as a partner in the Bankruptcy and Business Restructuring Section of Haynes and Boone, LLP in New York to focus on mediation and restructuring consulting.  Recent projects include mediation of the mortgage indemnification claims in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy case, representing a necessary vendor in the Sears cases, strategizing on a multi-million dollar RICO case, and consulting on the restructure of several commercial real estate projects in the Midwest.

Whether as a creditor or prospective debtor, navigating the complexities of insolvency can be both challenging and stressful. I provide my clients with creative advice on restructurings and insolvencies in the U.S. and around the world. I am as comfortable in a U.S. boardroom and courtroom as I am in a Paris conference room. I have served as trusted advisor and counsel to major global financial institutions, assisting them in collecting billions of dollars of obligations due to them and defending major litigation asserted against them. I have also counseled debtors in various industries, ranging from oil and gas, coal, airlines, fashion and real estate, enabling them to restructure their operations and capital structure. I have appeared in trial and appellate courts around the country.

I have worked on some of the largest, most contentious and complex insolvency cases including Lehman Brothers, Alpha Natural Resources, Adelphia, Enron, General Motors, Calpine, MF Global and SemGroup. I have also represented the foreign representatives of foreign debtors seeking the protections of Chapter 15 in the U.S.    

Odin, Feldman & Pittleman’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights attorneys represent corporate debtors, financial institutions, lenders, and creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy and debt restructuring. We work with our clients to devise creative and cost-effective solutions to the complex problems that arise in bankruptcy and distressed transactions. Based in Reston, Virginia, our attorneys frequently represent clients before the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia, in addition to representing clients in distressed transactions, foreclosures, and commercial litigation matters in the federal, state, and municipal courts of Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland. Find out more by visiting us at www.ofplaw.com or contacting Lauren Friend McKelvey at (703) 218-2135 or Lauren.McKelvey@ofplaw.com. 

Pullman & Comley has earned a reputation as one of the preeminent providers of legal services in New England, serving clients throughout Connecticut, the Northeast, and internationally. The firm's Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights and Financial Restructuring practices represent clients in all major industries and have been involved in some of the most complex and significant reorganizations in Connecticut over the past 20 years. We serve the needs of creditors, debtors, investors, financial organizations and purchasers for both in-court and out-of-court restructures, and represent creditors' committees and bankruptcy trustees in bankruptcy reorganizations and liquidations. We also bring together the talent and experience of the firm's bankruptcy team with those of our litigation, finance, real estate, tax and securities attorneys to provide bankruptcy, eviction, foreclosure, loan restructuring, loan refinancing, conveyancing and closing services.

Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP (“TGF”) is a Canadian law firm with an office located in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, with a focus in two areas: (i) insolvency and restructuring, and (ii) commercial litigation. TGF is a mix of senior restructuring and litigation lawyers with a full range of experience gained by years of practice, both inside and outside major full service law firms, combined with talented and energetic younger lawyers who thrive in the entrepreneurial environment of a specialty firm.

The firm’s reputation and expertise is reflected in the series of high profile retainers it has enjoyed over the years and its wide range of clients, including financial institutions, regulatory agencies, publicly traded and private companies and officers and directors. TGF delivers practical, business- oriented advice in a dynamic and time sensitive environment. Its mandates reflect TGF’s unique position in the delivery of the highest quality restructuring and litigation services to clients in a specialized market.

TGF has ongoing relationships with tax, corporate, real estate, pension/employment and securities lawyers within Canada and in a number of jurisdictions worldwide who are utilized on a regular and reciprocal basis. The quality of these relationships and the flexibility of a highly-focused firm allows TGF to build a team on a case-by-case basis with people who are considered to be the most experienced and appropriate to retain as part of the team, subject always to the client’s prior approval.