Teri Stratton is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Special Situations of Hilco Corporate Finance.  Teri has over two decades of experience in advising on distressed sell-side mergers and acquisitions transactions, recapitalizations, and restructuring transactions to middle market companies primarily in the consumer industry. Select engagements include Perricone MD, Dry Bar, Capital Brands, Cici’s Pizza, Boston Market, Krystal Corporation, Kona Grill, Houlihan’s, Real Mex Restaurants, Ignite Restaurant Group, Garden Fresh, Bertucci’s, Fox & Hound, Claim Jumper, Black Angus, Chi-Chi’s, Aerosoles, Portrait Innovations, and The Disney Stores.

Before joining Hilco, Teri worked in the Special Situations groups of Piper Sandler and Macquarie Capital Advisors (and predecessor firms). Prior to her investment banking career, she had eight years’ experience in corporate banking, serving in both credit administration and special assets.

Teri received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of California at Los Angeles as well as a Masters of Business Administration degree in finance, with honors from the Anderson School at UCLA. She is a Certified Insolvency Restructuring Advisor, a member of the Turnaround Management Association, Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors and the American Bankruptcy Institute. She speaks regularly on various M&A and Restructuring topics.