Conference

Sponsors

AIRA's events would not be possible without the contributions from our generous sponsors. Thank you for your support of BRC25!

Sponsorship:

Awards Ceremony, Presented by AlixPartners, LLP

AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges—from urgent performance improvement to complex restructuring, from risk mitigation to accelerated transformation. These are the moments when everything is on the line—a sudden shift in the market, an unexpected performance decline, a time-sensitive deal, a fork-in-the-road decision. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients until the job is done, and only measure our success in terms of the results we deliver. We partner with you to make the right decisions and take the right actions. And we are right by your side. When it really matters.

www.alixpartners.com

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Event App

Your counsel matters.  At BG Law we listen.  We are more than attorneys – we are dealmakers. We leverage our business backgrounds and creative insight into the most sensible advice and counsel for clients. Many of our attorneys are former bankers, accountants, business owners and professionals, who call upon years of experience to formulate a client’s best course of action. At BG Law, we efficiently resolve your legal matters by assembling an accessible team of talent to develop a strategy and take action. We utilize our powerful network of business and legal professionals, spanning a wide range of industries, to add value to our clients. Quite simply, we measure our performance by the results we achieve.

www.bg.law

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Keycards

As a leading advisory, assurance, and tax firm, CohnReznick helps forward-thinking organizations achieve their vision by optimizing performance, maximizing value, and managing risk. Clients benefit from the right team with the right capabilities; proven processes customized to their individual needs; and leaders with vital industry knowledge and relationships. With offices nationwide, the firm serves organizations around the world as an independent member of Nexia.

www.cohnreznick.com

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Opening Reception

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (PSZJ) is the nation’s leading corporate restructuring boutique, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Wilmington (Del.), Houston, and San Francisco. Our attorneys are experienced in representing all major constituencies in bankruptcy proceedings and out-of-court workouts, including debtors, committees, trustees, bondholders, asset-purchasers, and third-party plan proponents. PSZJ also handles sophisticated business litigation and transactional matters as part of its renowned practice. The firm is perennially named a Bankruptcy “Best Law Firm" by Best Law Firms® and many of its attorneys are highly ranked by the prestigious Chambers & Partners.

www.pszjlaw.com

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Tote Bags

RK Consultants is a boutique consulting firm with 20 years of experience representing Debtors, Creditors, Chapter 7 and 11 Trustees, Creditors’ Committees, Secured Lenders, and Post-Confirmation agents in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings. Our comprehensive expertise ensures effective and strategic solutions for complex financial challenges. 

www.rkc.llc

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Opening Reception

Stretto delivers a full spectrum of case management and claims administration services, depository and distribution solutions, and technology tools to legal and financial professionals. With a comprehensive suite of tailored offerings, Stretto provides an unparalleled portfolio designed to meet our clients’ unique financial and business objectives. For more information about Stretto, please visit www.stretto.com.  

www.stretto.com

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Judges Roundtable, Opening Reception Wine

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), established in 1983, is a global professional services firm renowned for advisory, business performance improvement, and turnaround management. With over 10,000 professionals across six continents, we assist companies, investors, law firms, and government entities in achieving tangible results. Our expertise shines when conventional methods fall short, providing practical solutions to unique challenges. Leveraging our restructuring heritage, we empower clients to make decisive actions, foster growth, and expedite results. We are experienced operators, world-class consultants, former regulators, and industry authorities. Our team is dedicated to guiding clients through strategic transformations, adeptly navigating risks, and unlocking value at every stage of growth.

www.alvarezandmarsal.com

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Lanyards

BRG is a global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm focused on delivering inspired insights and practical advice to solve client’s most pressing issues and risks. BRG Corporate Finance is a leader in providing multidisciplinary services to companies, lenders, investors, and equity sponsors, focused on value preservation and expansion. BRG professionals have advised in some of the most complex corporate domestic and international matters. Our broad experience and superior service, coupled with our personal, hands-on approach to client service, have benefited hundreds of clients in a wide array of industries.

www.thinkbrg.com

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Nametags

R3M Law, LLP is a highly regarded law firm with professional relationships worldwide. We focus on various aspects of commercial law, with concentrations including commercial litigation and transactions, finance, restructuring and bankruptcy, real estate, asset-based lending and equipment leasing. We offer a personalized approach to representing our clients and take pride in our ability to grasp our clients’ legal needs and provide sound, insightful counsel tempered by full recognition of all relevant business realities. Our team of NYC-based lawyers works in an agile, collaborative manner, providing the same high-quality of service found at larger firms with greater emphasis on affordability.

www.r3mlaw.com

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Wi-fi

Epiq is a worldwide provider of legal and business services, serving law firms, corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies—helping them streamline the administration of business operations, class action and mass tort, eDiscovery, regulatory, compliance, restructuring, legal transformation, and bankruptcy matters. In the restructuring space, Epiq provides full support for all types of bankruptcy and restructuring cases for companies of all sizes including pre-filing consulting, claims management, solicitation and balloting, creditor notification, strategic communications, escrow services and disbursement, and virtual data rooms.

www.epiqglobal.com

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Event App

FTI Consulting is an independent global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political and?regulatory, reputational and transactional. Individually, each practice is a leader in its specific field, staffed with experts recognized for the depth of their knowledge and a track record of making an impact. Collectively, FTI Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to assist clients across the business cycle — from proactive risk management to the ability to respond rapidly to unexpected events and dynamic environments.

www.fticonsulting.com

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Charging Station

Garnet Capital Advisors manages loan portfolio sales for creditors, and has completed numerous sales for receivers, secured creditors, and issuers.  Over 20+ years, we have completed over 2,200 transactions with $150+ Billion in UPB sold. Garnet is active in all loan sale markets: consumer, commercial, and residential; and all performance levels: bankrupt, charged-off, performing, and sub-performing.  Garnet has been vetted by the FDIC, NCUA and many major banks regarding compliance and information security standards, including SOC 2 and PCI-DSS.  Garnet’s success stems from detailed, hands-on analytics and sale approach starting with its experienced staff, vast distribution network, and excellent reputation.

www.garnetcapital.com

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Breakfast

Big Shoulders Capital is a Chicago-based family office focused on distressed industrial acquisitions. We purchase, strengthen, and grow businesses for our portfolio. We lend into special situations, including purchasing bank notes. We invest our own capital, eliminating investor constraints. We deploy capital with speed and certainty.  

www.bigshoulderscap.com

PPL Group is a Chicago-based machinery and equipment auctioneer. We buy and sell industrial equipment. We also buy industrial real estate, including environmentally challenged sites. We have a deep knowledge of and vast network in the industrial equipment space, allowing us to provide quick and creative solutions.

www.pplgroupllc.com

Sponsorship:

Agenda

Blank Rome is an AmLaw 100 firm with a nationally recognized and Chambers-ranked Finance, Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice. The group of more than 90 attorneys located throughout the firm’s nationwide offices advises on all areas of commercial finance, including asset-based and leveraged cash flow financings, unitranche and second-lien financings, securitizations and structured finance, and debt restructurings. Blank Rome’s bankruptcy and restructuring attorneys counsel secured and unsecured creditors, including committees; pre- and post-petition lenders; contract counterparties; buyers and sellers of distressed assets; creditor fiduciaries, including trustees, assignees for the benefit of creditors, and receivers; and parties in cross-border insolvency cases. ?For more information, contact Ira L. Herman at Ira.Herman@blankrome.com.

www.blankrome.com

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Luncheon

Dundon Advisors LLC, established in 2016, is a leading adviser to reconstructuring stakeholders and institutional creditors, creditors, and borrowers, across a wide range of industries and geographies. We deliver solutions powered by long experience, subject matter expertise, diligent research, and creative analysis. 

Each of our principals and managing directors came to the firm after decades of progressively responsible experience as corporate executives, hedge fund managers, and senior roles at leading banking and restructuring firms.? 

We pride ourselves on our commitment to client results and many of our client engagements have significant performance-based compensation which include large asset managers, family offices, insurance companies, banks and trusts, class action and mass tort law firms, as well as groups and committees of the same acting in bankruptcy and out of court restructuring. 

www.dundon.com

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Luncheon

EY-Parthenon’s global network of turnaround and restructuring professionals can help you develop financial and operational strategies to help improve liquidity, credit availability and shareholder return. Where ever you are located, our multi-disciplinary team offers integrated, objective advice and helps you to evaluate capital options, improve the benefits of transactions and achieve your strategic goals —whether you are buying or selling a distressed asset, restructuring your business or dealing with under performance or cash management. We provide you with creative, collaborative advice supported by our significant industry and sector knowledge to create a tailored approach for you.

www.ey.com/en_gl/restructuring-turnaround

Sponsorship:

Cocktail Reception

ArentFox Schiff LLP is internationally recognized in core industries where business and the law intersect. With more than 650 lawyers and policy professionals the firm serves as a destination for an international roster of corporations, governments, private individuals, and trade associations. 

Our attorneys know that being Smart isn’t just about having great legal skills. It means knowing your business, your industry, and your goals — and using that insight to solve challenges creatively and efficiently.  That’s our legacy and our future. It’s our mission and promise to you. 

 

www.afslaw.com

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Luncheon

Bates White specializes in providing advanced economic, financial, and econometric analysis to law firms, companies, and government agencies. We help clients tackle tough issues with confidence and pride ourselves on delivering top-notch consulting and expert testimony. We bring together bright minds, invest in their careers, and foster collaboration across practices and job levels. For clients, that translates into tailored, multidisciplinary teams, and closer working relationships that deliver effective solutions.

www.bateswhite.com

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Offsite Dinner Event (optional)

Boos & Associates, PC, is a full-service accounting and consulting firm providing tax, accounting, assurance, and a wide range of specialty services.  The firm currently employs over 115 staff with offices in Central California, Southern California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, and is an independent member of BDO Alliance USA.  While we have clients of all sizes, from small farms and businesses to public companies and family offices, we were built to serve the lower middle-market.  The professionals in our Turnaround & Restructuring group have recent financial advisory experience in Chapter 11, Subchapter V, and Chapter 12 cases, as well as interim financial management, out of court workouts, forensic investigations, litigation support, M&A advisory, and strategic tax services.  We also have expertise in many industries, including agriculture, agribusiness, manufacturing, distribution, retail & wholesale trade, healthcare, hospitality, technology, real estate, gaming, construction, oil & gas, and more. 

www.booscpa.com

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Dine Arounds

Deloitte’s Performance Improvement and Restructuring practice helps distressed and non-distressed organizations transform disruptions, transitions, financial difficulties, or crises into opportunities for resilience. Having worked with both large multinational organizations and mid-market companies, we apply our deep experience and foresight to help our clients, their creditors, and other stakeholders achieve successful outcomes. Whether the goal is to enhance the performance of a company, execute enterprise margin improvement engagements, or guide stakeholders through a complex turnaround or bankruptcy reorganization, our team works closely with the client to quickly understand their business and their most urgent issues.

www.deloitte.com/us/tandr

Sponsorship:

Cocktail Reception

Development Specialists, Inc. (DSI) is one of the leading providers of management consulting and financial advisory services, including turnaround consulting, financial restructuring, litigation support and forensic accounting. Our clients include business owners, private-equity investors, corporate boards, financial institutions, secured lenders, bondholders and unsecured creditors. For almost 40 years, DSI has been guided by a single objective: maximizing value for all stakeholders. With our highly skilled and diverse team of professionals, offices in the U.S. and international affiliates, and an unparalleled range of experience, DSI not only achieves that objective, but has also built a solid reputation as an industry leader.

www.dsiconsulting.com

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Keynote Presentation - The Economic Impact of the War

Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 900 attorneys in offices across the United States and internationally, is asked by a broad array of clients to provide innovative solutions to today's legal and business challenges. Evolving from a partnership of prominent lawyers in Philadelphia a century ago, Duane Morris' modern organization stretches from the U.S. to Europe and the Middle East, and now across Asia. Throughout this global expansion, Duane Morris has remained committed to preserving its collegial, collaborative culture that has attracted many talented attorneys. The firm's leadership, and outside observers like the Harvard Business School, believe this culture is truly unique among large law firms, and helps account for the firm continuing to prosper throughout changing economic and industry conditions. 

www.duanemorris.com

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Luncheon

Fox Rothschild is a national full-service firm with 1,000 attorneys coast to coast. Ranked among the leading bankruptcy and restructuring?firms in the U.S.?by?Chambers & Partners, we handle a broad range of bankruptcy and insolvency matters, as well as complex litigation.? Our team guides companies of all sizes through out-of-court workouts, successful reorganizations, and going-concern sales in all types of Chapter matters. We have many years of experience representing creditors’ committees throughout the country and have a track record of obtaining good results for unsecured creditors in challenging cases.? Enterprising and forward thinking, our team works to solve problems and map out a strategy that aligns with our clients’ goals.

www.foxrothschild.com

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Refreshment Break & Margarita Bar

Province is a nationally recognized restructuring and financial advisory firm specializing in creditor & investor services, trust & liquidation, corporate advisory, litigation services and performance improvement services. We help our clients, who include middle-market and large corporations, financial institutions, institutional investors, government agencies, high-net-worth individuals, law firms, trustees and more, successfully navigate complex strategic, operational, financial and legal situations. Working with Province involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of leading experts and advisors, leveraging decades of experience. 

www.provincefirm.com

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Refreshment Break

PwC's crisis and restructuring professionals advise on solutions for a range of needs. We work with companies to evaluate strategic and financial alternatives and assist with corporate reorganizations, evaluating liquidity positions, and advising on operating efficiency and margin enhancement. We help organizations execute the fast, decisive action necessary to help pivot them towards a stronger future.

www.pwc.com

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Judges Roundtable

RAINES has built a team of top-tier attorneys from leading law firms, delivering strategic solutions in bankruptcy and restructuring. We help businesses navigate financial distress with precision, protecting assets and preserving value to achieve impactful outcomes.? With offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Boca Raton, and Wilmington—and attorneys licensed nationwide—we provide powerful advocacy across industries. Clients choose and stay with us because we’re more than legal counsel; we’re trusted partners, offering entrepreneurial strategies to tackle complex, high-stakes challenges with clarity and confidence.

www.raineslaw.com

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Keynote Presentation - The Economic Impact of the War

For boards, lenders, and investors navigating the complexities of distressed portfolio companies and seeking wind down, insolvency, or value recovery processes. Created by longtime employees of Sherwood Partners, Inc., Resolution is a partnership formed to create a new premier service.? Resolution specializes in a variety of financial and legal tools including Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors (“ABCs”), foreclosures, receiverships, and federal bankruptcy proceedings. More than mere advisory, Resolution also acts as a fiduciary agent, taking over the responsibilities of the Board and handling the monetization of assets in order to provide maximum recovery.

www.resolutionfa.com

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Refreshment Break & Margarita Bar

RumbergerKirk provides litigation and counseling services in a wide range of civil practice areas including bankruptcy, commercial litigation, construction,?real estate, intellectual property litigation, securities litigation, labor and employment law,?product liability, insurance coverage, professional liability and administrative law. Offices are located in Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Tallahassee and Birmingham, Alabama.

www.rumberger.com

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Breakfast

https://www.synovus.com/

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Refreshment Break & Mimosa Bar

Now in our fifth decade of professional service, Verita offers a comprehensive range of legal, fiduciary, and administrative services to professionals around the world. Bringing together experts in Corporate Restructuring, Mass Tort, Settlement Administration and Trustee and Fiduciary Services, we strive to earn our partners’ trust with exceptional service, unparalleled industry insights, and innovative technology that delivers results.?Whatever the scope or complexity of the project, the Verita team is always ready to streamline our clients’ path forward — offering both a strategic perspective and proven solutions that they can depend on for every step of their engagement.

www.veritaglobal.com

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Refreshment Break & Mimosa Bar

The Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Section of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP brings a depth of legal knowledge, technological skill, and creativity to complex and fast-paced reorganizations, restructurings, liquidations, and distressed acquisitions and sales. Our 40 bankruptcy attorneys have been able to achieve optimal results in a wide array of industries. Publications such as U.S. News and World Report and Chambers USA continue to rank Young Conaway as one of the nation’s preeminent insolvency practices. Young Conaway’s bankruptcy and corporate restructuring attorneys represent clients’ interests in Delaware, the Southern District of New York, as well as other bankruptcy courts throughout the United States. 

www.ycst.com

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Breakfast

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Huron’s business advisory experts offer a full suite of services in key areas, including capital advisory, commercial dispute advisory, investment banking, interim management, operational improvement, restructuring and turnaround, transaction advisory, and valuation. 

www.huronconsultinggroup.com

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Luncheon

www.brileyfin.com/capabilities/advisory-services/restructuring-turnaround-management

Sponsorship:

Registration Table

Our Specialty Deposit Services (SDS) offers companies and their advisors specialized banking and treasury management services designed to meet the specific needs of the professional fiduciary.

Your client relationship is managed and supported by professional fiduciary bankers with a comprehensive knowledge of your unique industry and banking needs.

We also maintain accounts for disputed depository relationships, litigation escrows, disbursement accounts, interpleader accounts, or accounts where a blocked or control account is mandated. Our dedicated team of premier client specialists deliver a private banking level of service to the professional fiduciary in multiple industries.

www.eastwestbank.com/en/commercial-banking/fiduciary-deposits

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Luncheon

Saul Ewing is a full-service, national law firm with more than 450 attorneys and a team of top-notch business professionals, all working together to deliver practical, proactive advice and excellent client service. Our diversity of thought, focus on innovation, cross-serving practices, and culture of coaching create a collegial and supportive environment that inspires us to deliver inspired solutions. This is The Saul Approach.

www.saul.com

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Opening Reception Wine

D. R. Payne & Associates (DRPA), Business Valuators & Appraisers (BVA), and Renewal & Recovery Professionals (RRP) can provide a complete array of products and services to assist managers, shareholders, legal advisors and businesses with those key decisions. Our accredited professionals have the specialized training and experience to enhance the journey, chart the course of action, assist those blown off course and provide interventions needed. Located in multiple offices, member firms have successfully provided services to a broad range of industries and markets.

www.drpayne.com

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Opening Reception Wine

KapilaMukamal (KM) provides creative and innovative solutions to our client’s needs. Our collective practical acumen and expertise focuses to analyze complex business and litigation issues. KM has gained prominence and distinction by rendering restructuring, insolvency, fiduciary, forensic and investigative consulting, and litigation support services to a wide spectrum of industries. KM enjoys high credibility and recognition in providing quality and focused service. As a market leader in the areas of creditors' rights and fiduciary matters, distressed business turnaround, insolvency taxation and complex commercial litigation support to law firms, KM believes results matter and has a proven track record demonstrating that goal.

www.kapilamukamal.com

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Opening Reception Wine

Malek Capital Advisors LLC is a team of operations, engineering, corporate transaction, valuation and litigation support professionals providing services throughout the United States.  We combine decades of experience with a hands-on client service model, personal commitment and on-call attention, devoted to helping clients solve their business challenges and move forward.  Malek Capital’s senior level expertise drives value-added results across a range of industries including aviation, automotive, extractive industries, financial services and real estate, manufacturing, power and technology.

www.malekcapital.com

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Refreshment Break

www.3cubed-as.com

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The Commercial Receivers Association’s (CRA) mission is to support its members and help improve the use of commercial receiverships nationally and in each state in which we operate.  The CRA accomplishes this by empowering the education and standardization of commercial receivership administration while providing education, networking and practical resources for our members.

www.commercialreceiver.org