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Andrew  Minear is an associate with  Schiff Hardin LLP and focuses his practice in restructuring and litigation. His practice covers bond restructuring, municipal insolvency, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation. Minear represents debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, distressed asset purchasers, bankruptcy trustees, receivers, committees in bankruptcy proceedings, and indenture trustees. He also represents foreign entities in U.S. […]

Robert F. Angart, CTP, is a principal with Sues & Angart in Cleveland. For 16 years, he has assisted companies and organizations experiencing financial difficulties, serving clients in manufacturing, distribution, automotive, high-tech, long-term care, insurance, nonprofit, and printing industries. He has served in consulting roles and in positions as president, COO, CRO, and CFO. Angart […]

Peter J. Keane is an attorney in the Delaware office of Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones. His practice focuses on business reorganizations and liquidations, debtor and creditors’ rights, and other insolvency-related matters. Before joining the firm, Keane served as a law clerk for two years for the Hon. J. Michael Deasy of U.S. Bankruptcy Court […]

J. Mark Fisher is a partner and deputy leader of Schiff Hardin LLP’s Restructuring Group. He has dealt with complex governance and fiduciary duty issues in many workouts and bankruptcies over his 35-year legal career. He has achieved workable legal solutions in the “intensive care” wing of the legal system for lenders and buyers in […]

Christine A. Okike is an associate in the Corporate Restructuring Group of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. She represents public and private businesses and their stakeholders in all stages of complex restructuring transactions, including prepackaged, prearranged, and traditional Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court workouts, and distressed M&A transactions. Okike holds a bachelor’s degree from […]

Milly Chow is a partner with Blakes Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto and served as the 2017 TMA Global President and 2018 TMA Global Chair.

Michael Appel is chairman and CEO of rue21, a 700-store teen fast-fashion apparel retailer. As president of Appel Associates LLC, an advisor to retail and consumer goods companies, he has served as interim CEO, COO, and CRO for retailers that include Laura Ashley, Baccarat, and Wilkes Bashford. Appel is a past recipient of TMA Global’s […]

Konstantin A. Danilov, CFA, is a manager in the Boston office of Analysis Group Inc. He specializes in applying financial analysis to valuation and other issues in cases involving bankruptcy, financial distress, and related matters. Danilov holds a master’s degree and MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management and HEC Paris. […]

Arian Galavis is an associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart. He engages in general corporate matters for public and private companies; assists start-up and early-stage technology and life science companies in securing financing for research and product development; and assists private equity funds and their portfolio companies with equity investments, fund formation, and buyout transactions. […]

John Ventola is co-chair of Choate, Hall & Stewart’s Finance & Restructuring Group. He focuses his practice on all aspects of loan workouts, restructurings, and bankruptcy proceedings, including cash collateral disputes, equitable subordination and recharacterization, Section 363 sales, and contested plans of reorganization. He also represents financial institutions in complex multitranche financial transactions. Ventola received […]