My practice encompasses the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and distressed company transactions.I am highly skilled in the representation of control parties, investors and management groups in leveraged acquisitions; domestic and international private placements; and turnarounds and debt restructuring transactionsMy professional experiences as a former banker and entrepreneur inform my role as a trusted business advisor. I have experience with each stage of the corporate life cycle and in the transactional aspects of bankruptcy and the restructuring of debtors.I advise public and privately held companies in complex transactions and as a general business advisor. Relevant recent transactional experiences include:• $40,000,000 P/E backed growth equity recapitalization of a rail services company. • $200,000,000 negotiated restructuring and recapitalization of a financially distressed ethanol producer based in the midwestern United States.• Pre-petition reorganization of a $1,200,000,000 hotel and real estate development holding company based in the western US.• Representation of a home builder and related entities based in the western US in a $200,000,000 prepetition restructuring in connection with a pre-negotiated Chapter 11 proceeding.• Representation of closely held scrap metal recycling company in rollup acquisition by a public company.• $30,000,000 leveraged buyout of industrial services company• $55,000,000 acquisition refinancing and modifications of subordinated debt obligation• Special counsel to board of directors of a public company regarding formation of a committee of independent directors to consider various strategic alternatives including change in control transactions• A corporate split up transaction including the formation of a holding company under the Delaware merger statute and the transfer of IP assets into a newly-formed intellectual property licensing company.