Posts for Archives: Authors

Michael Jacobs is a senior counsel in the litigation group of Locke Lord’s London office. He has a broad disputes practice with a strong focus on financial services, contentious restructuring/insolvency, and privacy/technology. With a particular focus on creditor-side mandates, Jacobs has worked on some of the most significant UK and international corporate bankruptcies and financial […]

Kathleen Sifer is a managing director with Grant Thornton and U.S. Federal Financial Institutions Client Mission Group lead for the firm’s Public Sector practice. Her experience includes more than 25 years as a bank executive and 12 years leading consulting engagements for federal and global financial institutions and corporate clients. Sifer’s experience includes corporate and […]

Matthew Daffurn is a partner in the energy group of Locke Lord’s London office. He advises on project financings, project development, and mergers and acquisitions in the energy and infrastructure sectors across the UK, Europe, and emerging markets. In recent years, Daffurn has advised clients on key elements of a number of restructuring and insolvency […]

Frances Nwachuku is a director with Grant Thornton and serves as the firm’s lead for federal loan programs. She has more than 20 years of federal loan programs experience, including a decade as a member of the Senior Executive Service, establishing and leading portfolio and risk management programs at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office […]

David Curry is a partner in Okin Adams LLP’s Houston office with a practice focused upon representing debtors; creditors, including creditors’ committees; and other parties in interest through the restructuring process and in bankruptcy-related litigation and appellate proceedings. Curry has represented clients of diverse industry backgrounds in bankruptcy and restructuring matters, including varying companies within […]

Brad Knapp is a partner at Locke Lord LLP in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is originally from Amarillo, Texas, and attended SMU Law School. Knapp began his career at Locke Lord LLP’s Dallas office. His practice focuses primarily on creditor representation in energy bankruptcies. While he’ll try hard to tell you he’s no kind of […]

Douglas J. Brickley is a managing director of The Claro Group LLC in Houston and the practice leader of the Corporate Finance and Restructuring Services Practice. He has more than 29 years of experience in financial advisory and investment banking services. He has been involved in numerous projects, including financial and operational restructurings, valuations, fairness […]

W. Steven Bryant is a partner in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Insolvency Practice Group at Locke Lord LLP and is located in the Austin, Texas, office. His experience spans a range of industries, including energy, real estate, and health care. Board-certified in business bankruptcy law, Bryant has represented corporate debtors, official committees, and secured and […]

Jane W. Mitnick is the 2022 TMA Global President. She is president of SM Financial Services Corporation, an entity formed to invest in and manage the purchase of financial assets from trustees and fiduciaries, particularly judgments, preferences, notes, and accounts receivable. She serves as receiver, special fiscal agent, assignee for the benefit of creditors, escrow […]

Steven B. Smith is a partner in the Restructuring & Finance Litigation Department at Herrick, Feinstein LLP. He focuses his practice on complex corporate restructuring and bankruptcy litigation, including in-court Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 cases and out-of-court workouts. He has extensive experience representing distressed debt investors, bondholders, official and ad-hoc creditor committees, administrative and […]