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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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Conway MacKenzie, now part of Riveron, provides deep finance, operations and industry expertise in complex turnaround and restructuring situations. Our mandate is simple and direct: improve results and restore value to our clients’ businesses and their stakeholders, through strategies such as reducing costs, resolving production problems, restructuring the balance sheet, and reestablishing credibility with lenders and other creditors. With over 500 advisory experts in 13 offices across the United States, Riveron partners with clients to successfully prepare for and execute change across the entire transaction and business lifecycle, in both healthy and distressed environments. 

www.conwaymackenzie.com

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Deloitte’s Turnaround & Restructuring (Deloitte T&R) practice is a leader in helping organizations transform disruption or transition, financial difficulty, or crisis 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 or guide stakeholders through 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

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Duane Morris LLP, a law firm with more than 800 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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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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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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Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP (PSZJ) is the nation’s leading corporate restructuring boutique, with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Wilmington (DE), New York, and Houston. PSZJ 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 “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News & World Report, and was named a 2021 and 2020 Bankruptcy and Restructuring “Practice Group of the Year” by Law360.

www.pszjlaw.com

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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 quick, decisive action necessary to pivot them towards a stronger future.

www.pwc.com

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Privately-held since 1983, Alvarez & Marsal is a leading global professional services firm that delivers performance improvement, restructuring & turnaround and business advisory services to organizations seeking to transform operations, catapult growth and accelerate results through decisive action. We advise on every aspect of the process from strategic direction to liquidity management to business plan development, helping management, investors, or creditors seeking to accelerate performance, overcome challenges and maximize value across the corporate and investment lifecycles. We fill executive officer roles, on an interim basis, to help guide companies through crises and other challenging business or economic environments.

www.alvarezandmarsal.com

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Your goals define our mission. Whether an immediate need or a long-term objective, ArentFox Schiff helps you reach your full potential. As industry insiders, we partner with you to develop practical business strategies and sophisticated legal solutions to achieve today’s targets and anticipate tomorrow’s problems. We get you across the finish line.  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 companies, governments, individuals, and trade associations.

www.afslaw.com

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CohnReznick LLP is one of the leading advisory, accounting, and tax firms in the United States, combining the deep resources of a national firm with the hands-on, agile approach that today's dynamic business environment demands. Many of the country’s top companies3333, lenders, law firms, and investment firms call on CohnReznick’s Restructuring and Dispute Resolution team to assist in transitional, stressed, and distressed situations. The Firm, with origins dating back to 1919, is headquartered in New York, NY with 2,700 employees in offices nationwide. CohnReznick is a member of Nexia International, a global network of independent accountancy, tax, and business advisors.

www.cohnreznick.com

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Ernst & Young’s global network of 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

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Piper Sandler is a leading investment bank and institutional securities firm. At Piper Sandler, we help clients Realize the Power of Partnership®. Through a distinct combination of candid counsel, focused expertise and empowered employees, we deliver insight and impact to each and every relationship. We transcend transactions to define possibilities—enabling clients to achieve their short-term goals while realizing their long-term vision.

www.psc.com

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Porzio has proudly served the legal needs of our clients since our inception. Along with our continued commitment to providing outstanding legal services, Porzio has evolved as a pioneer in the legal industry. Our three wholly-owned subsidiaries offer services and products to help our clients address business needs from compliance consulting and regulatory software, to data privacy and lobbying. We are innovative entrepreneurs who develop approaches that leverage our expertise, ingenuity, and technology to benefit our clients. Committed to excellence and diversity, we recognize that our success is directly related to that of our clients.

www.pbnlaw.com

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Bederson is a full-service accounting and advisory firm with offices in Fairfield and West Orange, New Jersey.  The firm’s West Orange office comprises six partners, professional and support staff solely dedicated to providing insolvency and litigation services. For close to ten years, the firm has attained top recognition by New Jersey’s legal community for service expertise in bankruptcy, business valuations, forensic accounting and business accounting. Bederson is privileged to have helped clients in the legal community, private business and home offices reach optimal outcomes since 1937.

www.bederson.com

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BRG is a global consulting firm that delivers holistic solutions to help organizations navigate through large-scale business transformations, major transactions, and other event-driven business disruptions. 

 BRG’s Turnaround and Restructuring practice advises companies and their stakeholders in identifying and prioritizing issues, restoring credibility, and developing effective strategies. Businesses-in-transition face enormous financial and operational challenges, especially in over-leveraged situations and our professionals are adept at bringing order to the chaos.  Recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms, we have in-depth experience across a wide range of industries and markets including consumer, healthcare, financial services, energy, and more. 

www.thinkbrg.com

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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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The International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation, (IWIRC) is an international professional association dedicated to enhancing the professional status of women in all disciplines of insolvency and restructuring.  We pursue this goal through a simple but effective principle: to create an international networking organization that promotes communication, common interest and community among insolvency practitioners. We have over 1,500 members in 45 networks globally who represent every discipline of restructuring: law, crisis management, financial advisory, banking, private equity, claims management, communications...and more.

www.iwirc.com

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Protiviti is a global consultancy that helps companies solve problems in finance, operations, risk, technology, and governance. Our Restructuring & Litigation Services practice specializes in providing restructuring, insolvency and crisis management, litigation services, and forensic accounting. Our professionals have extensive experience in development and implementation of plans of reorganization, stakeholder negotiations, asset liquidation, and a full range of valuation services and expert testimony. We represent debtors, creditors’ committees, secured lenders, fiduciaries and other interested parties. Protiviti, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc., and its member firms employ over 6,000 professionals in more than 75 offices in 28 countries.

 

 

www.protiviti.com

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Stretto delivers a full spectrum of case-management services, depository solutions, and technology tools to fiduciaries. We offer a comprehensive suite of corporate-restructuring and consumer-bankruptcy capabilities along with multi-faceted deposit and disbursement services. Sitting at the center of the bankruptcy ecosystem, Stretto leverages deep-industry expertise and market insights to provide an unparalleled portfolio of solutions. Our team seamlessly integrates streamlined workflows and best-in-class technology to orchestrate the case-management process and create harmony for professionals and their teams. For more information about Stretto, visit www.stretto.com.

www.stretto.com

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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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Founded in 2002, Summit Investment Management LLC is a private investment company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Since its inception, Summit has invested more than $1.S billion in distressed debt acquisitions, balance sheet restructures of operating companies, special situation capital, bridge loans and joint ventures.

Our knowledge and experience, ingenuity, strong relationships, and direct and honest approach to doing business set us apart from the competition. We take pride in being a leading resource and partner for banks, financial institutions, middle market companies, turnaround and restructuring professionals, law firms and private equity firms, among others.

www.summit-investment.com

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Foley & Lardner LLP looks beyond the law to focus on the constantly evolving demands facing our clients and their industries. With over 1,100 lawyers in 24 offices across the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Asia, Foley approaches client service by first understanding our clients’ priorities, objectives, and challenges. We work hard to understand our clients’ issues and forge long-term relationships with them to help achieve successful outcomes and solve their legal issues through practical business advice and cutting-edge legal insight. Our clients view us as trusted business advisors because we understand that great legal service is only valuable if it is relevant, practical and beneficial to their businesses.

www.foley.com

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Rich Michaelson Magaliff, LLP brings together lawyers with excellent credentials and decades of high-profile, wide-ranging experience.  When faced with complex business decisions with important legal implications, experienced guidance matters.  At R3M Law, we know your business and legal options. We work as a team to offer high-quality commercial business law service to clients ranging from mid-market companies to Fortune 500 corporations.  With specializations in corporate and commercial law, financial restructuring and bankruptcy, litigation, structured finance and real estate, R3M Law has the expertise clients need. 

www.r3mlaw.com

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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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Jones Walker LLP’s bankruptcy, restructuring & creditors’-debtors’ rights team focuses on the needs of clients while providing effective representation in courts nationwide. Our team includes three members of the American College of Bankruptcy and advises clients from numerous industries in complex and traditional bankruptcies and reorganizations and represents clients in all transactional and litigation aspects of business bankruptcy and insolvency matters. We strive to maintain balance in a rapidly shifting economic, legislative, and regulatory landscape by providing debtors, creditors, lenders, and other parties affected by insolvencies with sophisticated, seasoned legal counsel.

 

www.joneswalker.com/services/practices/bankruptcy-restructuring-creditors-debtors-rights/index.html

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Malek Capital Advisors is a team of operations, interim management, 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 you solve your business challenges and move forward.  MalekRemian’s senior level expertise drives value-added results across a range of industries, including energy and power, financial services and real estate, healthcare, manufacturing, technology and transportation.

www.malekcapital.com

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Bachecki, Crom & Co., LLP is a full-service CPA firm located in the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in complex Forensics, Valuation, and Tax matters. We have provided our clients with solutions for over forty-five years. Committed to excellence, we offer a complete array of services delivered with a personal and professional touch. We value our role as trusted advisors who know our business and respect yours. We are committed to integrity and honesty. Our dedication to the three underlying principles of professionalism, responsiveness, and quality ensures outstanding service to our clients. 

www.bachcrom.com

About AIRA

AIRA is a nonprofit professional association serving the bankruptcy, restructuring and turnaround practice area. AIRA's membership consists of accountants, financial advisors, investment bankers, attorneys, workout consultants, trustees, and others in the field of business turnaround, restructuring and bankruptcy. AIRA members are among the most trusted and sought-after professionals in matters dealing with limited capital resources and deteriorating operating performance.

Cancellation/Refund Policy

Refunds and Cancellations Policy—Cancellations made 3 or more days prior to a webinar are eligible for a refund, less a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received less than 3 days prior to a webinar. Substitutions are allowed with written notice at least 3 days in advance of the webinar.

National Registry of CPE Sponsors

"Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors" is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org/.

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