September 2015
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Spotlight
TMA Delegation Meets with U.S. Ambassador to China A TMA delegation comprised of professionals working in the People’s Republic of China met with U.S. Ambassador Max Baucus and members of his senior staff in Beijing in July. The private meeting gave members of the delegation the opportunity to discuss with Baucus the economic situation in […] -
Milestones
John Hyde has joined Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA) as a director and member of the firm’s senior team. He has over 25 years of experience in the print and graphic communications industry and has worked with numerous clients in connection with mergers and acquisitions, family succession planning, restructuring, and orderly liquidation. Hyde founded Rampart Associates, […] -
Newcomers: September 2015
Alabama Murray Bibb, Porter, White & Company California – Northern Jonathan Comeau, Avidbank Michael J. Haftl, AlixPartners Veronica T. Iles, Burr Pilger Mayer Inc. Frank A. Wisehart, RGL Forensics Phillip Zhou, Cogent Valuation California – Southern Laurie I. Buss, C-Suite Creative Jerome S. Cohen, Cohen & Bordeaux, LLP Jyotsna Desai, US Bank Allan Gibbel, Veritas […] -
John K. Lane: A Room with a View
John Lane is the CEO/managing director of Inglewood Associates LLC, a 10-person consulting firm in Mentor, Ohio. He is a former board member and former president of the TMA Ohio Chapter. He has nearly 40 years of financial, business, and technology experience, serving clients throughout the United States and in Shanghai, Sydney, and Taipei. Lane […] -
Bankruptcy Estate Professionals on Their Own to Defend Fees
Feeeeeeeeees. Fees, fees, fees. Feeeeeeeeees. Fees, fees, fees.When I feel poor, or underpriced. When I need more, suits and ties. Whenever I want to, I can get from you, more feeeeeeees. Fees, fees, fees.When you get sued, I’ll raise my price. Before it’s through, you’ll pay me twice. Whenever I want to, I can get […] -
Tales from the Field: Swept Away in a Flood of ‘Opportunity’
The current chapter on the energy industry would be incomplete without insights from the field. The energy boom and subsequent bust led to some fairly extreme situations caused by some of the unique facets of the energy industry, the locations in which the energy boom played out, and the characteristics of investments in the middle […] -
Oil Servicing Companies Must Retrench, Innovate to Survive
In the past five years nonconventional U.S. oil production has increased more than six-fold and by the end of 2014 had achieved the highest production levels of U.S. crude in 41 years. This explosive growth was fueled by the doubling of exploration and production (E&P) capex in extraction from shale or tight formations between 2008 […] -
New Laws, Regulations Complicate Energy Company Chapter 11s
The oil and gas industry is driven by the price of its commodity, fossil fuels, which varies—sometimes dramatically. Although huge swings in value are rare, the recent 50 percent drop in the price of oil (with some analysts predicting a drop to $20 per barrel), combined with historically low natural gas prices, has required producers […] -
Keep it Flowing: Raising Capital for Distressed Oil and Gas Companies
Crude oil and natural gas hit peak prices in mid-2014, with U.S. crude oil hitting $107 per barrel in June of last year. Since then, prices have fallen precipitously, reaching a low of less than $50 per barrel for U.S. crude in late January before rising somewhat in recent months and then falling once again. […] -
Opportunity from Crisis in the Oil Patch
When I was asked to serve as guest editor for JCR’s energy-focused edition last year, in trying to cover a breadth of developing trends across the industry we asked authors to focus on the investor and considerations that were important in making the investment decision. Since that time, the energy world has fundamentally changed. The […]