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Lindsey Simon is an assistant professor at the University of Georgia School of Law. Her research focuses on bankruptcy structure and procedure. Simon’s most recent scholarship addresses the intersection between mass torts and bankruptcy, including an article on non-debtor relief in Chapter 11 in the Yale Law Journal. Her commentary on mass tort bankruptcies has […]

Andrew Adessky is a partner in the Consulting division of Richter. With over 33 years in financial advisory, insolvency consulting, cross-border restructuring, crisis management, forensic investigations, and litigation support experience, he lends a controlled, methodical approach to each mandate. Having led a number of important cases, serving as licensed insolvency trustee, receiver, and consultant and […]

Dan Simon is a partner in the Restructuring Group at McDermott Will & Emery. He primarily represents companies undergoing transformation and distress, and has significant experience in complex and contentious Chapter 11 cases. He focuses on providing practical solutions to his clients, balancing the need for consensual resolutions against benefits and risks of litigation.

Alexander Bayus is a partner in Fasken’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group. Specializing in insolvency and financial restructuring, he regularly advises companies, licensed insolvency trustees, financial institutions, and other stakeholders in complex national and international financial restructuring, commercial litigation, and insolvency matters. He is recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada and Canadian Legal Lexpert in […]

William Schumacher is counsel at the law firm Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., and a member of the firm’s Creditors’ Remedies, Bankruptcy & Workout practice group. He concentrates his practice on creditors’ rights, reorganizations, workouts, and bankruptcy—representing a wide variety of stakeholders both in court and out of court in all levels of distressed and insolvency […]

Charles Fendrych is an associate in the New York office of Milbank LLP and a member of the firm’s Financial Restructuring Group. He specializes in bankruptcy and restructuring law and represents a wide variety of stakeholders in insolvency situations and in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Fendrych’s practice focuses on business restructuring and reorganization, including representation of […]

Chris Lehnes is a business development officer representing Versant Funding, a non-recourse factor targeting tough-to-finance businesses needing from $100,000 to $10 million in monthly funding. He has over 30 years of commercial finance experience. Before moving into asset-based lending and factoring, Lehnes spent nearly 15 years with one of the country’s top SBA lenders, holding […]

Jack O’Connor is a partner in Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger’s Restructuring, Insolvency, and Special Situations Group. A TMA member for more than a decade, he currently chairs the TMA Global NextGen Committee and is a member of the TMA Global Board of Trustees. O’Connor represents clients in distressed business situations across industries and ownership […]

Robert Wakeford is managing director, UK Sales, for BREAL Zeta, and leads the company’s commercial and marketing activity. He is experienced at delivering large and complex asset-based lending transactions for mid-market businesses and their private equity sponsors. BREAL Zeta offers multijurisdictional ABL facilities that deliver working capital and corporate structuring solutions for businesses going through […]

Charlie Perer is the co-founder of SG Credit Partners Inc. (SGCP) and head of originations for the firm. In 2018, Perer and Marc Cole led the spin out of Super G Capital’s cash flow, technology, and special situations division to form SGCP. Perer joined Super G in 2014 to establish the cash-flow lending division, building […]