CHICAGO, IL – The Turnaround Management Association (TMA), the premier nonprofit serving corporate renewal and restructuring professionals worldwide, is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Awards. TMA will honor this year’s award recipients at the TMA Annual Conference, October 13 – 17, in New Orleans, LA.
Since 1993, TMA has honored excellence through its annual awards program, which recognizes the most successful turnarounds and impactful transactions industrywide.
“This year’s award recipients showcase the ingenuity, perseverance, and collaborative spirit that drive success in the turnaround and restructuring profession. Their work exemplifies the highest standards of excellence in our industry, and TMA is proud to celebrate their contributions to these successful outcomes,” says TMA Global President Rachael Smiley, FBFK Law.
The Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Awards are chosen based on a rigorous peer-review process by the volunteer TMA Awards Committee. This process includes extensive diligence of each nominated case. As the judges review all components of each entry, they look for well-defined, measurable outcomes.
This year’s TMA Awards Committee was co-chaired by Sharon F. Manewitz, Manewitz Weiker Associates LLC, and John Salmas, Dentons Canada LLP. Awards submissions were reviewed and judged by the TMA Awards Committee members listed below.
The 2025 TMA Turnaround/Transaction of the Year Award Winners are:
Small Company Turnaround/Transaction— Curitec, LLC
Sam Alberts, Dentons US LLP
Augie Curtis, Offit Kurman, PA
Bryan Gaston, Ankura
Andrew Helman, Dentons US LLP
Robert Hirsh, (previously at Lowenstein Sandler, currently at Norton Rose Fulbright)
Joseph LaMagna, Hooper Lundy & Bookman
Samuel Maizel, Dentons US LLP
Drew McManigle, MACCO Restructuring Group
Joseph Preis, Godes & Pries
Mid-Size Company Turnaround/Transaction— Shannon Ridge Family of Wines
Howard Bailey, Arch + Beam
Bobby Rice, Sandton Capital Partners, LP
Veronica Rocha, Arch + Beam
Large Company Turnaround/Transaction— WeWork
Greg Apter, Hilco Global
Jamie Baird, PJT Partners
Ciara Foster, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kristopher Hansen, Paul Hastings
David Hilty, Houlihan Lokey
Michael Klein, Cooley LLP
Dustin Mondell, Piper Sandler & Co.
Gabriel Morgan, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Dan O’Brien, Hilco Global
Justin Schmaltz, Alvarez & Marsal
Steven Serajeddini, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Mackenzie Shea, BRG
Agnes Tang, Ducera Partners
Logan Tiari, Cooley LLP
Eli Vonnegut, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Mega Company Turnaround/Transaction— FTX Trading Ltd
James Bromley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Steve Coverick, Alvarez & Marsal
Jacob Croke, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Charles Delo, Rothschild and Co
Andrew Dietderich, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Brian Gluckstein, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Peter Greaves, PwC
Kristopher Hansen, Paul Hastings
Alexa Kranzley, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Bruce Mendelsohn, Perella Weinberg Partners
Ed Mosley, Alvarez & Marsal
Brian Pfeiffer, White & Case
Kumanan Ramanathan, Alvarez & Marsal
Brian Simms, Lennox Paton
Chris Shore, White & Case
International Company Turnaround/Transaction— Scandinavian Airlines System
James Burbage, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Michael Cox, Seabury Aviation Partners
Kelly DiBlasi, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Philip Engel, Jefferies LLC
Todd Goren, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
David Griffiths, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Gary Holtzer, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Carlo Lugani, SEB (Sweden)
John Luth, Seabury Aviation Partners
Brett Miller, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Ronin Murphy, Alton Aviation Consultancy (Ireland)
Leah Ryan, Alton Aviation Advisory (Ireland)
Leon Szlezinger, Jefferies LLC
Lauren Tauro, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Andreas Zettergren, Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra (Sweden)
Non-Profit Company Turnaround/Transaction— Heywood Healthcare
Sam Alberts, Dentons LLC
Peter Chadwick, BRG
Stephen Darr, Huron Consulting
Narendra Ganti, FTI Consulting
Jake Gordon, Foley & Lardner LLP
Edward Green, Foley & Lardner LLP
Andrew Helman, Dentons US LLP
Ben llhardt, Houlihan Lokey
Lauren Macksoud, Dentons US LLP
Brian Swett, McGuire Woods
Andrew Turnbull, Houlihan Lokey
Cliff Zucker, FTI Consulting
TMA 2025 Awards Committee
Co-Chair: Sharon F. Manewitz, Manewitz Associates LLC
Co-Chair: John Salmas, Dentons Canada LLP
John D. Baumgartner, Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC
Federico Costa, Contract Manager
Patrick Diercks, CTP, PKF O’Connor Davies
Joseph M. Esmont, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Matt Ferris, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Neil Gupta, SSG Capital Advisors LLC
Matt Lupton, Meadowlark Advisors
Mark Melickian, Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
IIya Podolyako
Bryce A Suzuki, Snell & Wilmer LLP
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