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Douglas R. Gooding is co-chair of Choate’s Business Department. He has more than 25 years of experience advising on financing and restructuring transactions, particularly on debtor-in-possession lending and senior, second lien, and mezzanine debt in complex restructurings. He also specializes in advising troubled companies in various industries, including healthcare and retail, and has extensive experience […]

Chris Esposito is managing director, CIT Corporate Finance, and serves as head of underwriting and portfolio management for CIT’s Commercial & Industrial, Retail – Restaurant, and General ABL groups. He has more than 30 years of commercial lending experience, with close to 15 of them specializing in retail finance. Esposito was part of three ABL […]

Anthony Masci is a vice president in CIT’s Commercial & Industrial division and is a team leader for underwriting and portfolio management on the Retail & Restaurant team. After beginning his career at Bank of New York, he joined CIT in 2007 in a corporate role, was formally credit trained, and transitioned to his current […]

Robert E. Grosskopf is co-president, retail, at Gordon Brothers and is jointly responsible for the growth strategy while overseeing all retail client engagements and daily operations. He is also responsible for the overall retail strategic vision and business development initiatives. Grosskopf has assisted retail clients with developing and implementing custom strategies surrounding store closings, relocations, […]

Keith Jelinek is a senior managing director at Ankura, based in New York. He has more than 30 years of experience leading and advising Fortune 100 companies to drive transformational improvements, with a focus on retail and consumer. He previously was a senior vice president with Kmart Corporation and before that spent 20 years with […]

Richard P. Edwards is co-president, retail, at Gordon Brothers and is jointly responsible for the growth strategy while overseeing all retail client engagements and daily operations. He lends specific merchandising expertise, strategic planning, and leadership to asset disposition deals. Edwards has a strong background in finance and valuations and is responsible for the development of […]

Bob Duffy is a managing director in BRG Corporate Finance and specializes in performance improvement and restructuring. He has more than 30 years of experience, including serving as an advisor to private equity firms, corporations, lenders, and boards of directors of underperforming businesses and companies in transition. He also has served as CRO and COO […]

Peter A.S. Pfeiffer is the Northeast regional managing business development director at RSM US LLP, a member of the TMA Connecticut Chapter Board of Directors, and a member of TMA Global’s Board of Trustees. He also is national leader for his firm’s Stars & Stripes Employee Network Group, which encourages the recruitment, retention, and success […]

Stephen Coulombe is a managing director with Berkeley Research Group LLC and has 20 years of advisory experience, with significant expertise advising retail companies. He has led multiple complex revitalization and restructuring assignments and has served as interim CFO and CRO. In addition, Coulombe has extensive experience implementing store rationalization, cost optimization, working capital improvements, […]

Timothy Karcher is a partner in the New York office of Proskauer Rose LLP, where his practice concentrates on complex restructuring and insolvency law, as well as financial reform and regulation. He is a co-author of the “Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Reporter” (Wolters Kluwer) and editor of “CFPB Watch,” a monthly newsletter on matters related […]