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Natalie A. Rowles is an associate at McDermott Will & Emery, where she focuses her practice on restructuring and insolvency matters and represents debtors, official committees, and other creditors in bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings, and commercial disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Rowles clerked for the Hon. Melvin S. Hoffman of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court […]

Elaine Carey, CFE, CAMS, is a managing director at FTI Consulting and co-leads the FTI cannabis practice, overseeing cannabis-focused due diligence, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, fraud, supply chain issues, cyber threats, valuations, IPO readiness, intellectual property issues, mergers and acquisitions, and reputational enhancement. Carey focuses on key areas in cannabis, including advising on building compliance […]

Brad Giordano is a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, where he represents lenders, debtors, equity sponsors, creditors, and strategic investors in all aspects of in-court and out-of-court restructurings. In addition, he advises credit and private equity fund clients in connection with strategic acquisitions or dispositions of distressed assets. Giordano’s restructuring experience includes complex multijurisdictional […]

Jeffrey Rosenberg, CPA, CA, CIRP, LIT, is a senior managing director in FTI’s Turnaround & Restructuring practice and has more than 20 years of experience assisting financially troubled companies and acting in chief restructuring officer roles across a wide variety of industries. He advises corporations and financial institutions in financial distress and in performing in-depth […]

Malcolm Bates is an associate in the Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring group at Duane Morris LLP. He represents creditors and parties in interest in a variety of commercial bankruptcy settings, including complex Chapter 11proceedings, bankruptcy litigation and appeals, out-of-court workouts, and Subchapter V proceedings. Bates also maintains an active pro bono practice, including consumer debtor […]

Jodi Porepa, CPA, CA, CIRP, LIT, is a managing director in FTI’s Corporate Finance Turnaround & Restructuring practice. She has more than 15 years of experience in assisting financially troubled companies and in developing and implementing reorganization strategies, both in- and out-of-court restructurings, and formal proceedings. Porepa has supported and guided private and public companies, […]

Jarret P. Hitchings is a partner in the Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring group at Duane Morris LLP. He represents business debtors, lenders, and creditors, particularly with respect to bankruptcy and distressed-asset litigation. Hitchings also maintains an active cross-border insolvency and restructuring practice focused on Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, representing official foreign […]

Michelle Grant is a senior vice president with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has 20 years of experience providing corporate restructuring advisory and distressed M&A services. Her engagements include turnaround advisory, viability assessments, business reviews, and formal insolvency proceedings. She has acted as court-appointed monitor, information officer, receiver, and bankruptcy trustee. She […]

Lance Williams is a partner with McCarthy Tétrault LLP, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he specialises in corporate restructuring and insolvency matters. He is frequently involved in complex corporate restructurings, acting for debtors, creditors, investors, bondholders, and court-officers. As a member of the bars of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, his practice spans […]

Michael Riela is a partner at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP in New York City. He advises clients in complex business bankruptcy, restructuring, and workout matters. He is also an experienced general business attorney, advising clients in general corporate, finance, and litigation matters. Riela’s clients primarily include distressed companies, officers and directors, indenture trustees, […]