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Brian Pawluck is president of BKP Advisors, where he provides turnaround and financial restructuring services to companies, their boards, and creditors. Most recently, he was a managing director at Duff & Phelps and prior to that a partner at PwC LLP. Pawluck has been involved in the real estate and construction sector in a number […]

Bryan Bates is a partner in Dentons’ Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy practice group. He focuses his practice on corporate bankruptcy and commercial litigation, representing debtors, creditors, contract parties, and other parties in interest in Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings, insolvency matters, and related litigation. Bates practices in Dentons’ Atlanta office, serving clients’ interests throughout the United […]

Sarah Schrag is an associate in the Atlanta office and a member of Dentons’ Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy practice. Formerly she served as a legal intern for the U.S. Senate, focusing on Committee on the Judiciary matters. She also served as a legal intern to U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence R. Leonard in U.S. District Court for the […]

Oscar Pinkas is a partner in Dentons’ Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy practice group. He represents clients in and out of court in stressed, distressed, workout, insolvency, and bankruptcy situations, whether in operational restructurings, transactions, litigation, or otherwise. Clients include distressed investors, asset purchasers, lenders, agents, bondholders, indenture trustees, bankruptcy estate fiduciaries, secured and unsecured creditors, committees, and debtors. […]

Glen Fietta is a director in AlixPartners Turnaround & Restructuring practice in London. He advises private equity-owned companies on transformation programs involving EBITDA enhancement, cash generation programs, and balance sheet optimization. He has assumed interim CFO, transformation officer, and board roles at several private equity-owned companies in the U.K., Europe, and the Middle East.   

Neil McFerran is a vice president and member of the Private Equity practice in AlixPartners. He has worked on a large number of PE-backed deals, focusing on operations due diligence and post-acquisition value creation planning in complex carve-out and buy-and-build scenarios.   

Mark Veldon is a managing director in AlixPartners Enterprise Improvement practice in London. He co-leads the firm’s U.K. Private Equity focus, specializing in transactions and post-deal operational improvement.  

Patrick Chylinski is a principal and the West Region practice leader for RSM’s financial investigations and dispute advisory services practice. He has extensive experience managing and directing engagements relating to complex commercial litigation, business disputes, investigations of fraud and financial misconduct, and business valuations. He has testified as an expert in litigation matters at deposition, […]

John Tira is a director in RSM’s financial investigations and dispute advisory services practice, where he provides strategy and support for complex litigation and forensic accounting matters. He regularly advises counsel, corporations, and individuals in a variety of high-stakes matters requiring demanding accounting, economic, and financial analyses. Tira has significant experience in matters involving commercial […]

Erik B. Weinick is a member of Otterbourg P.C., where he focuses his practice on bankruptcy, litigation and privacy/cybersecurity. His clients include fiduciaries, financial institutions, start-ups, and individuals.  A graduate of Cornell University and Cornell Law School, Weinick is admitted to practice in Florida and New York, and is a frequent writer and speaker on current […]