Gabriel de Alba is a Managing Director and Partner of The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. Mr. de Alba’s responsibilities at Catalyst have included acting as a director or senior officer of various Catalyst portfolio companies. Mr. de Alba presently serves as Executive Chairman of Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited, Chairman and Director of Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX:FEC) and as Chairman of Therapure Biopharma Inc. and Sonar Entertainment Inc. He has also served as a director or senior officer at Geneba Properties, Cable Satisfaction International Inc. / Cabovisão, and World Color Press Inc.

Catalyst is a private equity investment firm with more than $6 billion in assets under management and is a leader in operationally focused turnaround investing. Catalyst and funds managed by it have invested in numerous distressed and/or under-valued companies, including (in addition to the portfolio companies mentioned above) AT&T Canada Inc. (Allstream), Call-Net Inc., Stelco Inc., IMAX Corporation, Countryside Power Income Fund, Canwest, YRC Worldwide Inc. and Tervita. Prior to joining Catalyst at its inception in 2002, Mr. de Alba worked at AT&T Latin America. Mr. de Alba was a founding member of the Bank of America International Merchant Banking Group and, prior to that, worked in Bankers Trust’s New York Merchant Banking Group.

Mr. de Alba was recognized by the Global M&A Network as the 2018 Global Private Equity Growth Dealmaker of the Year in the Leadership Achievement. Mr. de Alba is fluent in five languages and holds a double B.S. in Finance and Economics from the NYU Stern School of Business and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. He has also completed graduate courses in Mathematics, Information Technology and Computer Sciences at Harvard University.

Mr. de Alba has actively participated and supported New York University’s academic efforts. As an example, Mr. de Alba is endorsing a Chair for Dr. Ed Altman. Mr. Altman is a Professor of Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is best known for the development of the Z-Score for predicting bankruptcy which he published in 1968.

Mr. Anton is a Licensed Real Estate Broker in Marcus & Millichap’s New York office. With more than 25 years of experience in commercial real estate, his group is focused on investment sales and equity placement transactions in the NY metropolitan area. Additionally, Mr. Anton is a member of the Global Capital Group at Marcus & Millichap. In this role, he is responsible for identifying new sources of inbound capital to the U.S. from across the world.

Since joining Marcus & Millichap, Mr. Anton has completed several signature deals including the recapitalization of 520 Fifth Avenue, a $650 million development property in the heart of the Grand Central submarket. Also included the sale of the $100 million Times Square Theater on West 42nd Street. Throughout the course of his career, he has successfully completed more than $15 billion in commercial real estate transactions. His group is active in the structuring and placement of debt, mezzanine and equity capital for a broad range of commercial real estate assets. Mr. Anton has successfully closed over $3 billion of debt, mezzanine and equity financing.

Mr. Augustine joined Greenhill in 2018.

Prior to joining Greenhill, Neil spent 17 years at Rothschild where he most recently served as Executive Vice Chairman and Co-Head of North American Debt Advisory and Restructuring. Neil was one of the founding members of the Restructuring and Reorganization Financial Advisory Department at The Blackstone Group.

Neil holds an MBA and a BA from the University of Rochester.

William H. Bohnsack, Jr. is responsible for day-to-day management of various aspects of OHA including client relationships, product development, operations, legal and administration. Mr. Bohnsack chairs or serves on various firm committees including the partnership, investment strategy, risk, valuation and ESG committees. In addition, Mr. Bohnsack is a member of OHA’s Diversity & Inclusion Council. Mr. Bohnsack joined OHA in 1993 as a high yield and distressed debt investor. He has represented OHA as a lead participant on numerous creditor committees. Mr. Bohnsack previously worked at Prudential Capital and Keystone Group as an investor in both the private and public credit markets.

Mr. Bohnsack serves on the Board of Trustees of the Cape Eleuthera Foundation. Mr. Bohnsack earned an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A., magna cum laude, from St. Lawrence University.

Alan Carr is the Chief Executive Officer of Drivetrain, LLC, a fiduciary services firm that he founded in 2013 and that supports the investment community in independent fiduciary capacities, including as a director and trustee. He is a director of various private and public for-profit companies around the world.

Alan was a Managing Director of Strategic Value Partners LLC, an investment manager for hedge and private equity funds, from 2003 to 2013, where he led financial restructurings for companies in North America and Europe. Alan was a corporate restructuring attorney with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1997 to 2003. Alan holds a B.S. from Brandeis University (Economics and Sociology) and a J.D., cum laude, from Tulane Law School.

Alan is also a founding director of AdmissionSquad, a not-for-profit program that provides subsidized tutoring and other support for the students of color taking the Specialized High School Admissions Test who seeking admissions to NYC’s 7 specialized and other elite public NYC high schools.

With more than 25 years of experience in creditors’ rights, workouts, litigation, and bankruptcy, Gary Eisenberg has successfully represented clients in a range of industries, with a particular emphasis on Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) special servicers, collateralized debt obligation (CDO) holders, and other financial institutions.

Gary frequently handles complex, bet-the-company litigation with arcane financial underpinnings. He has achieved numerous favorable outcomes, including eight-figure settlements and dismissals on summary judgment, that have preserved his clients’ companies and reputations. Among his more dramatic and notable cases was the representation of an indenture trustee in an aircraft financing that resulted in the repossession of a 747-transport plane off a military base. In addition to CMBS special servicers, for whom Gary has helped in formulating servicing agreements and exercising rights and remedies, he represents secured creditors, bondholders, hedge funds, and distressed asset buyers in large and complex cases. He routinely advises on the debtor-creditor aspects of corporate transactions, including structured finance transactions.

Gary assists clients in multiple-jurisdiction matters, including representing secured lenders in foreclosure and other security interest litigation, and in non-judicial sales. Representing creditors in multiple bankruptcy jurisdictions, he has litigated cash collateral orders, stay relief motions, and procured confirmation of lender-proposed plans of reorganization. An innovative advocate for his clients, Gary has represented owners of leveraged companies and affiliated lenders in restructuring troubled businesses through the use of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and similar laws. He also advises entrepreneurial finance companies in developing and enforcing novel secured-credit products, including credit secured by intellectual property. Gary chairs the firm’s CMBS practice and the New York office’s Community Service Committee.

Holly is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience providing turnaround services for companies in the retail, distribution, consumer products, financial services, media and hospitality industries.

In 2007, the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) recognized Holly with its Turnaround of the Year Award for the successful turnaround of Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. In 2011, TMA once again recognized Holly with its Transaction of the Year Award for the successful refinancing of Neff Rental. Holly was named Woman of the Year in Restructuring in 2014.Most recently she once again won the TMA Turnaround of the Year award for her work at BCBG MaxAzriain 2017.Holly is admitted to the American College of Bankruptcy and the International Insolvency Institute. She is also a CTP.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Goffman has been honored with numerous awards directly related to restructuring. He was named among The Decade’s Most Influential Lawyers by The National Law Journal in March 2010. He was recognized as one of The American Lawyer’s Dealmakers of the Year in April 2011 for his work in restructuring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM), the largest prepackaged bankruptcy ever completed in under 33 days. In the 2011 Financial Times’ U.S. Innovative Lawyers report, Mr. Goffman was named as one of the 10 most innovative lawyers in the U.S. and recognized as a “pioneer” and a leader in out-of-court and prepackaged restructurings. In May 2016, Mr. Goffman was presented with the Restructuring Leadership Achievement award at the 8th Annual Turnaround Atlas Awards recognizing his leadership in guiding the turnaround and growth of many companies around the world and his numerous contributions to the broader restructuring community over the course of more than three decades. In June 2016, The American Lawyer bestowed upon Mr. Goffman its Transatlantic Finance Dealmaker: Restructuring (U.S.) award recognizing his extraordinary contributions to the field of international restructuring. In June 2015, the New York Institute of Credit bestowed upon Mr. Goffman its 42nd Leadership in Credit Education Award recognizing his demonstrated dedication and commitment to the credit industry over the course of several decades. In 2020, The M&A Advisor bestowed upon Mr. Goffman its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing his many innovative achievements and contributions over a legal career that spanned more than 36 years. He also has been named one of Law360’s MVPs and one of the Leading Restructuring Attorneys in the U.S. by Turnarounds and workouts on numerous occasions.

As Co-President of A&G Real Estate Partners, Andy Graiser brings nearly 30 years of experience as a go-to resource for a variety of real estate services on behalf of healthy and distressed entities. His key areas of expertise include lease mitigation, real estate dispositions, facilitating growth opportunities, valuations, and acquisitions.

He co-founded A&G in 2012 with Co-President Emilio Amendola. Previously, in 1992, they founded and then later sold DJM Realty.

Mr. Graiser and his team have achieved rent-reduction and occupancy-cost savings approaching $8 billion on behalf of 650+ clients in every real estate sector, while selling more than $12 billion of non-core properties and leases. The clients he is most closely associated with include Mattress Firm, Claire’s, RadioShack, rue21, Dowling College, A&P Supermarkets, Party City, Christmas Tree Shops, Tailored Brands, Chico’s, Ruth’s Chris, GNC, and Tuesday Morning.

Brian Griffith is a financial and operational professional with extensive experience including performance improvement, distressed situations, turnarounds and M&A diligence. His experience ranges from short-term profit improvement roles to multi-year advisory assignments in numerous industries including retail, financial services, real estate, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, automotive and food services.

Brian has been with M3 since inception in late 2014 continuing his career advising creditors and companies in transition. Brian is currently involved in the winddown of the Sears Holdings Corp estate and overseeing the liquidating trusts of several retailers. Over the past several years he as also advised Dayglo Ventures (restaurants / live entertainment), RAIT Financial Trust (commercial REIT), a national food distribution company, and several other non-public matters including a bondholder group for an international mixed-use land development company.

Evan Hill focuses his practice on complex corporate and financial restructurings, advising clients in all aspects of out-of-court restructurings, Chapter 11 reorganizations, and distressed mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Hill’s restructuring experience spans a wide variety of industries, including health care, energy, financial services, shipping and media. He also has experience representing corporate clients, private equity funds and investment banks in connection with public and private mergers, acquisitions and equity investments.

Mr. Hill is a member of the New York City Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) where he has served as a member of the Chapter board of directors and in other leadership positions since 2018. He also is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the New York City Bar Association, where he formerly served as secretary and treasurer of the Legal History Committee.

Mr. Hill was named as the winner of the TMA’s Emerging Leader Award in 2020. He also was named as the winner of a 2020 Cornerstone Award by the Lawyers Alliance for New York in recognition of providing distinguished pro bono service to nonprofit organizations.

Michael R. Hogue is Of Counsel in Greenberg Traurig’s Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice. Michael represents creditors in bankruptcy proceedings under Chapters 7, 11, and 13, focusing on bankruptcy litigation in various states throughout the country. He also advises debtors with regard to various restructuring efforts ranging from pre-bankruptcy workouts to Chapter 11 petitions and plans.

Jeremy is a Shareholder in Polsinelli’s New York office and primarily represents distressed companies or acquirers of distressed assets. Although industry agnostic, Jeremy has significant experience representing all types of distressed healthcare businesses and purchasers in this sector.

Norman Kinel is a New York based partner in Squire Patton Bogg’s Restructuring & Insolvency Practice and the National Chair of the firm’s Creditors’ Committee Practice. With more than 30 years of experience as a bankruptcy practitioner, Norman has successfully represented and litigated on behalf of clients in some of the nation’s largest and most intricate bankruptcy cases, involving numerous industries. Norman’s clients value his responsiveness to their needs and his tenacity in pursuing dynamic strategies to protect and maximize their interests.

Norman regularly represents debtors, creditors, bondholders, trustees and committees of creditors, equity holders and retirees. He also often advises clients in out-of-court default, workout and restructuring matters and cross-¬border insolvency proceedings.

Norman has acted as a court-appointed liquidation trustee and is listed on the Register of Mediators of the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Delaware.

Kevin Lavin is the Chief Executive Officer at Ankura. Kevin brings more than 30 years of business consulting experience, including more than 25 years of experience advising the owners, boards of directors, senior management, and creditor constituencies of underperforming and distressed companies and municipalities. Kevin has played a key role in the turnaround and/or restructuring of more than 100 companies and municipalities around the globe and across a broad range of industries. He has also served in interim management roles, including chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, and chief restructuring officer. He is based in New York.

Kevin is currently assisting the Government of Puerto Rico through advising the main finance authority (AAFAF) and its main power company (PREPA). Prior to joining Ankura, Kevin was appointed by the governor of New Jersey in January 2015 to serve as the emergency manager of Atlantic City, NJ. Previously, Kevin was the global co-leader of the FTI Consulting corporate finance/restructuring practice. In this role, he managed more than 1,000 personnel and more than $400 million in worldwide revenue. He also served as a member of FTI Consulting’s Executive Committee.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Kevin was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and before that, he worked for a nationally recognized consulting firm that assisted troubled companies and their creditors. He also has experience as the financial and operations principal of a broker-dealer holding a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 27 license. Kevin started his career at Deloitte & Touche, where he performed audits and special projects primarily for large publicly held companies.

Developing solutions in complex turnarounds and restructurings is a hallmark of Kevin’s background. He is known for leading strategic efforts and bringing together disparate stakeholder groups in challenging environments. Among his extensive experience, Kevin has played leading roles in many of the largest restructurings around the globe, including those involving Puerto Rico’s Power and Highway Authorities, MF Global, Lehman Brothers, LyondellBasell, Centro Properties Group, ResCap, and Global Crossing. Other notable cases centered in the Americas for which Kevin held principal responsibilities involved CIT, General Growth Properties, Extended Stay Hotels, City of Philadelphia, CBASS, and several large, monoline insurance companies.

Samuel R. Maizel is a partner in Dentons US LLP’s Los Angeles office. Sam’s practice focuses on restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy, in- and out-of-court in all industries, but he leads the firm’s healthcare industry restructuring efforts nationwide. He has served as lead bankruptcy counsel to healthcare industry debtors, including in the recently completed chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of Verity Health System of California, Inc., and 15 related companies, the second largest hospital bankruptcy in American history, and in the Astria Health bankruptcy cases in Yakima, Washington. Before joining Dentons, Sam was a partner at a national bankruptcy boutique firm (1997-2015), and previous to that he represented the federal government nationwide as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Commercial Litigation Branch (1991-1996). He has also served in U.S. Army’s The Judge Advocate General’s Corps (1985-1991), including service in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, as well as an Infantry Officer in the U.S. Army (1977-1985). Sam has lectured extensively, is widely published, and been interviewed on television and radio on topics related to the healthcare industry and bankruptcy. Among many other honors, he is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, is ranked in Chambers in both Bankruptcy and Healthcare, and has regularly been named a “Super Lawyer” in an annual region-wide peer survey. Sam has his J.D. from George Washington University National Law Center (1985); an M.A. from Georgetown University (1983); and a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point (1977).

Cynthia Romano is a Global Director of CohnReznick Advisory’s Restructuring and Dispute Resolution Practice. She has more than 25 years of experience in performance improvement, turnaround management, transaction support, and investment analysis.

Cynthia’s areas of expertise include liquidity management, profit improvement through operational restructuring, organizational and process redesign, capital sourcing, and business and creditor workout/management.

Edwin is currently the Senior Manager of the International and Transaction Tax Services at EY focusing his expertise in cross-border M&A connected to the Peruvian market. He is a lawyer graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) with a specialization in M&A obtained from the New York Institute of Finance. Also, he is a member of the Lima Bar Association, International Fiscal Association (Peru Branch) and Peruvian Institute of Tax Law (IPDT).

He has extensive experience proving international tax advisory services related to cross-border M&A, international tax planning and corporate restructurings. Finally, he was involved in several buy side and sell side M&A including post closing advisory, exit planning and administrative tax procedure for divesting before the Tax Authority.

Joel joined Hilco Real Estate in 2012 and leads the Real Estate Asset Sales group, assisting clients with monetizing owned and leasehold real estate with a focus on industrial, retail and special use assets. In his thirty plus years of real estate experience, he has developed a broad range of expertise, covering the areas of sale transactions, asset and portfolio management, valuation and investment analysis, financing, and strategic planning. Joel specializes in assisting clients who are generally not in the real estate business — usually in the context of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or corporate restructuring — with implementing strategies to create liquidity from their surplus real estate assets. Some of his recent clients include Cenveo, Hostess, H/2 Capital Partners, Lowe’s, FTI Consulting, American Blue Ribbon Holdings, First Midwest Bank, Logan’s Roadhouse, Furniture Brands, Production Resource Group, and Exide.

Josh Sussberg is a partner in the Restructuring Practice Group of Kirkland & Ellis. Josh represents debtors, creditors, equity holders, sponsors, boards of directors and investors in all aspects of restructuring stressed and distressed companies.

The 2020 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business noted that clients consider Josh to be an “outstanding lawyer.” The 2020 edition of Chambers USA, America’s Leadings Lawyers for Business ranked Josh as a top lawyer both nationally and in New York, with one source noting “he is an experienced attorney with tremendous depth in restructuring from a legal and commercial perspective. He makes things happen and moves mountains at times.” Other sources added “he is the quintessential big-case advisor,” and “very bright and incredibly diligent.” The 2020 edition of The Legal 500 U.S. cited Josh as a consumer and retail expert, with one source noting he is “as good as it gets in the bankruptcy area.”

Most recently, Josh was chosen as one of five bankruptcy attorneys nationwide as a Law360 2019 MVP. Josh was recognized in the 2019 Legal 500 and the 2019 IFLR1000 and Josh was also named an Outstanding Restructuring Lawyer by Turnarounds & Workouts in December 2018, recognizing 15 lawyers nationwide who are leaders in the bankruptcy field. Josh was also recognized by The Deal as the 2018 Consumer/Retail Lawyer of the Year following representations of companies including Toys R Us, BCBG, Gymboree, Mood Media and Charming Charlie. The 2018 Legal 500 recognized Josh as “tireless and super bright” and a key member of “one of the most pre-eminent law firms for US restructuring.”

Some of Josh’s recent representative matters include Cineworld, J.C. Penney Company, Macy’s, Tailored Brands, Pier 1 Imports, Forever 21, Barneys New York, California Pizza Kitchen, AllSaints, Stage Stores, and Acosta.

As a Managing Director of Prophet Equity, Mr. Tatum is focused on sourcing, structuring, closing, managing and successfully realizing high‐return investment opportunities. He leverages eighteen years of private equity experience to assess strategic viability and craft value creation plans for target acquisitions. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and in the Office of Change Management for FDF Energy Services, WM Coffman Resources & Silo Mills, as well as a Board of Directors Observer for Interstate Waste Services (IWS) following its merger with Apex Environmental.

Prior to joining Prophet Equity, Mr. Tatum was with H.I.G. Capital, a $40B Miami‐based private equity and distressed debt investment firm, where he focused on making control investments in complex, special situation opportunities in lower and middle‐market companies in North America. At H.I.G., he was responsible for all aspects of the investment process including sourcing and analyzing new investment opportunities, leading seller and lender negotiations, closing portfolio company investments, and overseeing the implementation of post‐transaction operational initiatives. Over the course of his four‐year career at H.I.G., he focused on investments in industries including secure printing, electronic parts distribution and repair, consumer goods, and automotive while serving on the board of directors of several H.I.G. portfolio companies. Prior to H.I.G., Mr. Tatum spent three years as an Associate with Charterhouse Group, a New York‐based $1.5B private equity firm at the time of his employment where he executed late stage growth investments, build‐ups and recapitalization transactions. Before Charterhouse, Mr. Tatum began his career with Citigroup Inc. (fka Salomon Smith Barney), where he developed his financial modeling and valuation skills as a member of the firm’s Technology and Services Investment Banking Group.

Mr. Tatum received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and graduated with a BA in economics and political science from Williams College.

Mr. Tomaskovic is one of the top restructuring investment bankers in the industry. His experience spans numerous industries and includes the execution of multiple cross-border M&A engagements and balance sheet restructurings. He is a collaborative partner, bringing transactional expertise to our clients’ most complex situations. During his career, he has also served on financial and operational advisory teams, achieving successful turnarounds.

Prior to joining Carl Marks Advisors, Mr. Tomaskovic was a senior vice president at RBS Greenwich Capital, where he focused on corporate finance and advisory solutions. Previously, he worked in the financial institutions group at Lehman Brothers, most recently serving as vice president, focusing on M&A. Mr. Tomaskovic began his career at Meyercord Advisors Inc., a boutique turnaround advisory firm, where he assisted in the restructuring, purchase and sale of several businesses.

Mr. Tomaskovic earned a BS in Finance from Rutgers University and an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he graduated with honors. He is a FINRA General Securities Principal. Mr. Tomaskovic was cited by Turnaround & Workouts as one of the “Top Ten People to Watch” and was recognized as among the top 100 restructuring investment bankers by the Global M&A Network on multiple occasions, most recently in 2018.

Allen Wilen is a Partner and serves as the National Director of the Financial Advisory Services Group. In this role, he leads a team of over 100 professionals dedicated to assisting the firm’s clients through the litigation and restructuring process. Allen provides forensic accounting, valuation and litigation support services specializing in the areas of distress, debt restructuring, and business disputes. In addition, he provides analysis of insolvent and troubled companies, provides advice in turnaround and crisis situations, counsels purchasers in the acquisition of assets within the bankruptcy arena, and provides expert advice to parties in civil matters.

He has more than 20 years of financial and accounting experience in both national and regional public accounting firms. Allen has been involved in numerous complex matters requiring expertise in forensic accounting and operational analysis. He has been qualified as an expert in numerous state and federal courts throughout the United States. He testified on matters including commercial damages, lost profits, fraudulent transfer and actual intent to defraud.