Identified, implemented and monitored strategies and target programs to strengthen and expand key relationships, generate opportunities and enter new markets. Leveraged personal and firm relationships to identify and originate leads for company-side, sponsor, and creditor representations in both out-of-court turnarounds / restructurings as well as in-court bankruptcy cases. Managed a dedicated research, lead management and identification team, which included developing proprietary screening tools and analyses. Managed pursuit teams, including review of research and pitch materials.

Led and negotiated workouts and restructuring transactions for distressed and defaulted credits across industries and asset classes including leveraged loans, public bonds (corporate and asset-backed), and private placements (corporate and project finance). Performed detailed credit, valuation, and recovery analyses, monitored fundamental performance, and made recommendations to the investment committee. Developed impairments to comply with accounting and regulatory rules.Industry experience included telecom, energy, airlines, manufacturing, homebuilding, real estate, monoline insurers, media, information and financial services. Transactions included Woodside Homes/Pleasant Hill, PT Cable, Parmalat, Le-Nature’s, Delta Air Lines (ad hoc EETC committee), Northwest Airlines (ad hoc EETC committee), United Airlines (ad hoc EETC committee), WorldCom (Unsecured Creditors Committee and MCI ad hoc committee), NRG (Unsecured Creditors Committee), and Union Acceptance Corporation (as chair of Unsecured Creditors Committee).

Negotiated and structured complex financial restructuring advisory solutions for creditors and companies in out-of-court and Chapter 11 transactions. Led deal teams and staffed practice of over 100 professionals on engagements across the country.