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Vice President /Denver
Michael Armbruster
Education
Mr. Armbruster has successfully completed the following FINRA Administration Qualification Examinations (Series 79 & 63) and holds a BSBA with a dual emphasis in finance and accounting from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Bio
Michael Armbruster joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2020. Prior to joining GLC Advisors, Mr. Armbruster was an Investment Banking Senior Analyst in D.A. Davidson & Co.’s Diversified Industrials Group where he focused on advisory assignments including sell-side and buy-side M&A for middle market companies. Prior to D.A. Davidson & Co., Mr. Armbruster was a Senior Associate in the Valuation Services practice at RSM US where he focused exclusively on energy and complex financial instruments.
Managing Director /San Francisco
Thomas M. Benninger
Education
Mr. Benninger has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations: Series 7, 24, 63, and 66. He earned his BA and MBA from Stanford University.
Years of Experience
27Career Highlights
Prior to forming Global Leveraged Capital, Mr. Benninger was Global Head of Restructuring and Head of the Growth Capital Group at UBS Investment Bank from 2001 to 2006. He also served on the UBS North American Executive Management Committee. He is the recipient of multiple awards from international publications and industry groups including The Banker Magazine, IRR, Institutional Investor and the K&A Restructuring Register.
Prior to UBS, Mr. Benninger was Head of Restructuring for Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette / CSFB from 1994 to 2001; prior to that, he held similar positions at Smith Barney and Drexel Burnham Lambert. He was a Manager in the Audit and Accounting division of Arthur Andersen & Co. and is a CPA. Mr. Benninger holds key person gaming licenses in thirteen states and manufacturing licenses in over 50 jurisdictions.
Bio
Mr. Benninger currently is a member of the Board of Directors of: 1) Caesars Entertainment Corp., the largest gaming company in the U.S., 2) Video King LLC, the largest bingo equipment company in No. America, 3) Truckee Gaming LLC, operator of local casinos in Nevada and 4) the DAPER Investment Fund, a co-investment fund with the Stanford Management Company for the benefit of the Stanford Athletic Department. He is the former Chairman of the Board of Managers of Tropicana Entertainment Holdings, LLC, where he shepherded the company through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, and was recently a member of the Board of Directors of Squaw Valley Ski Corporation (2008 -2011) and Affinity Gaming in Las Vegas (2010-2014).
Managing Director /Denver
David Bluth
Education
Mr. Bluth has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 7, 63), and holds a BS in Finance and a BS in Accounting from Florida State University.
Career Highlights
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Bluth was a Director with KPMG Corporate Finance’s TMT Group, and a Partner of St. Charles Capital, LLC (acquired by KPMG in 2014), a leading boutique investment banking firm, where he also previously held Vice President and Associate positions. Prior to St. Charles Capital, LLC, Mr. Bluth worked as an Analyst in the Technology Group at KeyBanc Capital Markets.
Bio
David Bluth is a Managing Director and helps lead GLC Advisors’ Technology Investment Banking practice. Mr. Bluth is focused on advising entrepreneurs and business owners of middle-market technology businesses, and is responsible for cultivating and managing client relationships, providing clients access to an extensive network of senior level relationships at premier private equity firms and strategic acquirers, and ultimately leading client M&A and capital raising transactions from the point of engagement through deal negotiations and closing. Mr. Bluth’s objective is to provide hands-on, client-first advice and senior-level judgement garnered through years of M&A transaction experience to deliver outlier results for software and technology-enabled services companies across a variety of application categories and vertical markets.
Mr. Bluth is a board member for SOFTWAREColorado, an organization dedicated to providing knowledge, connections and an ecosystem for the companies who rely upon software as a core component of their business, and a frequent speaker on Technology M&A and other topics pertinent to entrepreneurs and business owners of growing technologies businesses.
Mr. Bluth is dedicated to giving back to his local community, and is a board member and an active community volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Inc.
Analyst /Denver
Teddy Browning
Education
Mr. Browning holds a BS in Finance and Accounting from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.
Bio
Teddy Browning joined GLC in 2021 as an analyst. Prior to GLC, Mr. Browning was a summer analyst at JPMorgan where he supported client-facing and investment roles.
Managing Director /New York
Sean Cannon
Education
Mr. Cannon holds a BS in Finance from Lehigh University and holds FINRA Series 79 and 63 licenses.
Years of Experience
8+Career Highlights
Before joining GLC, Mr. Cannon worked at CRT Capital where he focused on M&A, capital raising and other financial advisory assignments.
Prior to joining CRT, Mr. Cannon worked in the Transaction Services practice at KPMG where he focused on M&A advisory services.
Bio
Sean Cannon is a Director at GLC with over 8 years of investment banking experience. Mr. Cannon joined GLC in 2013 and has advised debtors and creditors on a variety of restructuring transactions across a broad range of industries including healthcare, gaming, retail, media, telecomm, municipals and others. Examples of Mr. Cannon’s recent assignments include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, iHeartMedia, Toys “R” Us and UCI International among others.
Chief Financial Officer /San Francisco
Martha K. Chan
Education
Ms. Chan is a Certified Public Accountant and received her B.S. in Accounting and M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University.
Bio
Martha Chan is the Chief Financial Officer for GLC. Ms. Chan joined the firm in 2007 as its Vice President Finance/Controller. Prior to joining GLC, she was Corporate Controller at H&Q Asia Pacific, Director of Finance & Operations for Partech International, and Director of Finance, Greater China and International Tax Manager for Rational Software. She was also a Director/Senior Tax Manager at KPMG, LLP.
Ms. Chan oversees GLC’s financial reporting, accounting and tax matters, and she is also responsible for firm-wide finance and compliance functions.
Analyst /New York
Alice Cheng
Education
Ms. Cheng holds a BA in Economics and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Chicago.
Bio
Alice Cheng joined GLC in 2021 as an Analyst. Previously, Ms. Cheng was a Summer Analyst at Jefferies Financial Group, where she worked with the Healthcare group.
Analyst /New York
Nicholas Clive-Worms
Education
Mr. Clive-Worms graduated in 2021 with a BA in Mathematics and History from the University of Pennsylvania.
Bio
Nicholas H. Clive-Worms joined GLC in 2022 as an Analyst. Previously, Mr. Clive-Worms was a Spring Analyst for six months on the investment team at WestCap Management. He was also a Summer Analyst at Oaktree Capital Management for their Investment Grade Solutions Strategy.
Analyst /New York
Ryan Clyde
Education
Mr. Clyde graduated cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2019 with a BS in Economics and concentrations in Finance and Statistics.
Bio
Ryan Clyde joined GLC as an analyst in 2021. Prior to GLC, Mr. Clyde was an Associate at EY Parthenon, where he consulted on transaction strategy and execution in the healthcare and industrials sectors.
Analyst /Denver
Jordan Coker
Education
Ms. Coker holds a MS in Management with a finance specialization from the University of Denver Daniels College of Business, where she graduated with distinction.
Ms. Coker graduated with a BSBA with dual emphasis in finance and real estate from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Bio
Jordan Coker joined GLC as an analyst in 2022. Previously, Ms. Coker was an associate at CCS Facility Services where she worked directly with the C-suite, supporting the 2021 private equity sale process of the company and two strategic add-on acquisitions and integrations.
Office Manager /New York
Edy Cordero
Bio
Edy Cordero is the Office Manager of GLC, based in the New York office. Ms. Cordero joined GLC in 2006. Prior to GLC, she was an Executive Assistant with Dan River Inc. Ms. Cordero manages all daily operations of the New York office.
Managing Director /Denver
Steven Cramer
Education
Mr. Cramer holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and BA with distinction from Stanford University.
Years of Experience
25Bio
Steven Cramer joined GLC in 2021. Mr. Cramer brings more than 25 years of experience advising companies, founders, entrepreneurs and financial sponsors in the technology, media and entertainment sectors on a broad range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and debt and equity financings.
Mr. Cramer’s expertise includes media and entertainment content and services, casino gaming, convenience and route-based gaming, B2B and B2C online sports betting and igaming, and gaming and hospitality software, services and financial technology.
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Cramer was a Managing Director in the Technology, Media and Telecom group at Houlihan Lokey, where he led the casino gaming practice. Previously, Mr. Cramer was a Managing Director at Imperial Capital where he covered the gaming, leisure and entertainment sectors. Mr. Cramer’ s prior experience includes investment banking roles at Credit Suisse (and its predecessor DLJ) and Morgan Stanley.
Managing Director /Denver
Adam Fiedor
Education
Mr. Fiedor holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSBA from the University of Denver.
Years of Experience
22Career Highlights
Prior to GLC, Mr. Fiedor was a Director with KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, where he led KPMG’s fairness opinion practice in the United States and focused on mergers and acquisitions for middle market companies. Prior to KPMG, Mr. Fiedor was a partner of St. Charles Capital, LLC (acquired by KPMG Corporate Finance in 2014). From 2005 to 2007, he worked as an Associate Director in the Leverage Finance Group at UBS Investment Bank.
Bio
Adam Fiedor has over two decades of transactional experience ranging from mergers and acquisitions to private capital raises for middle market companies. He is a strategic advisor to entrepreneurs and management teams with a demonstrated history of creating value to all stakeholders. He is passionate for assisting entrepreneurs in navigating the complexities of M&A and capital markets.
He is an advisory board member of the Reiman School of Finance at the University of Denver. He is also an advisory board member of the Cottonwood Institute, a non-profit organization focused on inspiring students to change the world through adventure, wilderness survival, and environmental service.
Director /Denver
Michael Fleschner
Education
Mr. Fleschner has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 63, 62, 79), and holds an MSF from the University of Denver and a BA from Benedictine College.
Career Highlights
Mr. Fleschner was previously an Associate with KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions execution support, financial modeling, and market research. Prior to KPMG, Mr. Fleschner was an Analyst at St. Charles Capital, LLC.
Bio
Michael Fleschner joined GLC in 2016 and has worked on a number of advisory assignments including sell-side and buy-side M&A, financings, valuations, and fairness opinions for middle market companies.
Analyst /New York
Alonso Flores-Noel
Education
Mr. Flores-Noel holds a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Bio
Alonso Flores-Noel joined GLC as an Analyst in 2022. Previously, he was a Summer Analyst at Angelo Gordon & Co. and Barclays Investment Bank, where he worked in the Real Estate Private Equity and Financial Institutions groups, respectively.
Managing Director /New York
Alex Geier
Education
Mr. Geier has successfully completed the Series 63 and 79 FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and an AB in Political Science and Economics from Duke University.
Years of Experience
25+Career Highlights
Mr. Geier was most recently with BMO Financial Group, where he ran the Healthcare Sponsor Finance team for 6 years, and also served as a Managing Director covering Healthcare in the Leveraged Finance Group of BMO Capital Markets. Prior to joining BMO, Mr. Geier spent 12 years at UBS in Healthcare-focused roles in Leveraged Finance, Capital Markets and High Yield Research. He previously covered the sector as a High Yield Analyst at BT Alex.Brown and Bank of America.
Bio
Alex Geier joined GLC in 2020 and is a Senior Healthcare banker with more than 25 years of overall experience across Services, Medical Devices and Pharma/Life Sciences, as well as deep subject matter expertise in the public and private credit markets.
Overall, Mr. Geier has worked on more than 200 Healthcare assignments, encompassing a wide range of transaction types (mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividend and other recapitalizations, restructurings, exit financings, refinancings and growth capital) and financing instruments (1st and 2nd-lien loans, high yield bonds and bridge loans, unitranche facilities, mezzanine debt and other equity-linked issues).
Vice President /New York
Daniel Grundei
Education
Mr. Grundei holds a M.S. in Quantitative Finance from Hofstra University and holds FINRA Series 79 and 63 licenses. He is a CFA charterholder. Before starting his career in finance, Mr. Grundei was a professional soccer player in Germany.
Bio
Daniel Grundei, CFA joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2020. Prior to GLC, Mr. Grundei was an Associate at Rossoff & Co. where he focused on M&A, capital raising and other financial assignments in the gaming and diversified industrial industries. Prior to Rossoff & Company, Mr. Grundei worked in the Transaction Services practice at Grant Thornton.
Director /New York
Tim Hagamen
Education
Mr. Hagamen holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business where he graduated with distinction and Beta Gamma Sigma honors. He graduated from Harvard College with an AB in Government and was a recipient of the William J. Bingham award.
Career Highlights
Mr. Hagamen was previously an Analyst in the Debt Capital Markets group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he focused on the execution of floating rate and short term debt issuances. He has completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations: Series 7, 63 and 79.
Bio
Tim Hagamen joined GLC in 2014 and has worked on a variety of transactions for both creditor and debtor clients including in-court and out-of-court restructurings, DIP financings, rights offerings, and capital raises. He has worked on deals in the automotive, healthcare, and manufacturing spaces among others. Mr. Hagamen’s recent experience includes representing creditors in UCI International, Colt’s Manufacturing, and Fallbrook Technologies.
Managing Director /New York
Abe Han
Education
Mr. Han has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examination: Series 7, 24, 63. Mr. Han held a gaming license with the State of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Han holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a BA degree from Rutgers University.
Career Highlights
Prior to co-founding GLC, Mr. Han was a Principal at GLC Investment Advisors where he primarily focused on distressed investing. Mr. Han was also an Executive Director in UBS’ Restructuring and Leveraged Finance Groups. Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Han was the Steel Division Manager for Hyundai Corp. (USA).
Mr. Han was selected by The M&A Advisor as one of the “40 Under 40”.
Bio
Mr. Han worked with companies and creditors on a number of assignments including bankruptcy reorganizations, out-of-court workouts, M&A, financing transactions and recapitalizations domestically and abroad. Mr. Han’s recent transactions include:
- representing the Detroit Pension Systems with regards to their investments in Rivers Casino (Pittsburgh);
- representing an ad hoc group of bondholders in $3.1 billion refinancing of Jefferson County, Alabama Sewer Warrants;
- representing bondholders of Visteon ($2.7 billion reorganization, $700 million exit financing and $1.25 billion equity rights offering);
- representing an ad hoc group of bondholders of Detroit, Michigan Water and Sewer Supply System Revenue Bonds;
- representing bondholders of UCI International; and
- representing second lien lenders of RCS Capital
Mr. Han has served on Star Tribune’s official unsecured creditors committee in bankruptcy, PRC and Urigen’s Board of Directors, and as board observer of ADS Logistics, River’s Casino (Pittsburgh) and Fallbrook Technologies. Mr. Han currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Saddle River Day School.
Managing Director /Denver
Adam Haynes
Education
Mr. Haynes has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 7, 24, 63), and holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BA degree from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication.
Years of Experience
25+Career Highlights
Previously, Mr. Haynes was a Managing Director with KPMG Corporate Finance LLC and a Co Founder of St. Charles Capital, LLC (acquired by KPMG in 2014). Previously, he was a Vice President in the Technology M&A Group at Piper Jaffray, and prior to that, was an Associate with Chase Securities where he completed bank and bond transactions, including recapitalizations and spin-offs and acquisition financings for Chase’s Global Syndicated Finance and Consumer Diversified Industries groups.
Bio
Adam Haynes advises technology entrepreneurs and business owners of privately held, middle-market businesses, leading M&A and capital raising transactions with a hands-on, client-first and senior-level approach to deliver outlier results for his clients. Mr. Haynes has more than 25 years of M&A and investment banking experience, and has completed more than 75 mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions with a total value in excess of $16 billion.
Mr. Haynes is a current board and investment committee member of Delta Dental of Colorado’s Ensemble Innovation Fund, a supporter of the Denver Scholarship Foundation, the Denver Police Foundation and the University of Colorado’s Johnson Depression Center, as well as a former member of George Washington High School’s Collaborative School Committee, of the Board for the Colorado Technology Association and of the board of the Denver Young Artist’s Orchestra.
Vice President /Los Angeles
John Hill
Education
Mr. Hill holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California where he graduated summa cum laude. He has completed the following FINRA Administrated Qualifications Examinations: Series 63 and 79.
Bio
John Hill is a Vice President at GLC Advisors. He joined the firm in 2022 and is based in Los Angeles. In his 8+ years of experience working as an investment banker, Mr. Hill has been involved with a variety of transactions across multiple industries, including mergers & acquisitions, financings, exchange offers, and restructurings. Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Hill was a Director with Ducera Partners and helped open its Los Angeles office. Previously he worked at Houlihan Lokey in its Financial Restructuring Group.
Controller /San Francisco
Stephanie Hom
Education
Ms. Hom is a graduate of San Francisco State University where she earned her B.S. in Business
Career Highlights
Prior to joining GLC in 2012, Ms. Hom was Controller at Partech International. Prior to Partech, Ms. Hom worked in various accounting areas at Union Bank.
Associate /New York
Conor Jackson
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Associate/New York
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Associate/New York
Education
Mr. Jackson holds a BSBA in Finance and Marketing from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and is a CFA charterholder.
Bio
Conor Jackson, CFA joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in January 2022. Prior to GLC, Mr. Jackson was a Restructuring Advisor at M3 Advisory Partners where he advised companies and lenders on both in- and out-of-court restructurings. Before M3, Mr. Jackson was a Credit Analyst at Modern Bank where he sourced, underwrote, and managed a portfolio of middle market and broadly syndicated loans. He began his career as a Credit Analyst at CIT Group.
Vice President /New York
Adam Kelly-Penso
Education
Mr. Kelly-Penso holds a BA in Mathematics from Columbia University. He has completed the Series 79 and 63 FINRA-administered qualification examinations.
Bio
Adam Kelly-Penso is a Vice President at GLC with over six years of experience across restructuring and leveraged finance. Mr. Kelly-Penso has advised debtors and creditors on chapter 11 reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings, distressed M&A and financing transactions.
Mr. Kelly-Penso has experience spanning healthcare, media, retail and consumer staples, amongst other sectors. Recent transactions include Alpha Media, Carestream Health, Dean Foods, Healogics, JC Penney and Stimwave Technologies.
Mr. Kelly-Penso joined GLC as an Associate in 2019. Prior to GLC, he was a Credit Analyst at Morgan Stanley focusing on leveraged underwriting in corporate healthcare and pharmaceuticals.
Managing Director /New York
Michael Kizer
Education
Mr. Kizer holds an MBA and a certificate in International Development from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and a BSBA with concentrations in Finance and International Business from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. He has completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 79 and 63).
Career Highlights
Prior to GLC, Mr. Kizer was a Vice President in Rothschild, Inc.’s Natural Resources and Power & Utilities global sector coverage groups in Washington, DC. During the seven years he spent at Rothschild, he advised corporations and project sponsors on mergers and acquisitions and project financings in more than 40 countries.
Bio
Michael Kizer is a Director at GLC Advisors. Since joining the firm in 2015 he has advised companies and creditors on bankruptcy reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions. Specific transactions include: Basic Energy Services, TerraVia Holdings and FirstEnergy Solutions.
Vice President /New York
Jason Leshner
Education
Mr. Leshner holds an MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business, a BA in Financial Economics from Western Washington University, and holds the FINRA Series 79 license.
Career Highlights
Before joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Leshner worked in Corporate Banking covering the Healthcare sector at U.S. Bank in New York. He began his career as a Middle Market Commercial Banker at U.S. Bank in the Seattle metropolitan area.
Bio
Jason Leshner joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2020. Prior to GLC, Mr. Leshner was an Associate in Morgan Stanley’s Healthcare Investment Banking group. Mr. Leshner also previously worked as a Credit Analyst at Morgan Stanley, covering leveraged underwriting in Corporate Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals.
Analyst /New York
Joseph Li
Education
Mr. Li received a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Bio
Joseph Li joined GLC in 2022 as an Analyst. Prior to GLC, Mr. Li was a summer analyst in the private equity group at Hamon Investment Group where he focused on buy side M&A transactions in the middle market space.
Analyst /Denver
Vivian Owusu
Education
Ms. Owusu holds a BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and a MS in Management from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Bio
Vivian Owusu joined GLC as an Analyst in 2022. Prior to GLC, Ms. Owusu was a fellow at 17 Asset Management, where she focused on ESG finance initiatives.
Analyst /New York
Anuj Patel
Education
Mr. Patel received a BS in Business with highest distinction from Indiana University where he majored in Finance and Accounting
Bio
Anuj Patel joined GLC in 2021 as an Analyst. Prior to GLC, Mr. Patel was a summer analyst in the leveraged finance group with Bank of Montreal where he focused on debt-financed transactions in the middle market space.
Managing Director /Los Angeles
Jeff Raithel
Education
Mr. Raithel holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. He has completed the following FINRA Administrated Qualifications Examinations (Series 7, 63, 24).
Bio
Jeff Raithel is a Managing Director at GLC Advisors. He joined the firm in 2022 and is based in Los Angeles. In his nearly 20 years of experience working as an investment banker and credit investor, Mr. Raithel has been involved with a variety of transactions across multiple disciplines, including mergers & acquisitions, financings, exchange offers, and restructurings. Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Raithel was a Managing Director with Ducera Partners and opened its Los Angeles office. Previously he worked at Houlihan Lokey and JMB Capital Partners.
Analyst /Denver
Luke Regnier
Education
Mr. Regnier holds a BSBA with a dual emphasis in Finance and Accounting from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Bio
Luke Regnier joined GLC in 2022 as an analyst. Previously, Mr. Regnier was a summer analyst at GLC where he assisted on a wide variety of M&A deals.
Managing Director /New York
J. Soren Reynertson
Education
Mr. Reynertson has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations: Series 7, 24, 63. Mr. Reynertson passed the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Securities Exam in the UK including CF21 (Investment Adviser) and CF309 (Customer). Mr. Reynertson held a gaming license with the State of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Reynertson received a BA from Emory University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Years of Experience
25+Career Highlights
Before founding GLC Advisors, Mr. Reynertson was a Managing Director in UBS’ Restructuring & Leveraged Finance Group based in New York. Previously, Mr. Reynertson was a Managing Director and Head of the European Strategic Finance Group at Morgan Stanley in London. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Reynertson also held various roles within UBS’ Restructuring team in New York and London including Managing Director and Head of UBS’ European Restructuring team.
Bio
Soren Reynertson is a Managing Director and the Managing General Partner of GLC Advisors, which he co-founded in 2009. Based in the New York office, he has worked with companies and their creditors on a number of assignments including bankruptcy reorganizations, exchange offers, out-of-court workouts, M&A, financings and recapitalizations for over 20 years. Recent assignments include roles in: iHeart, First Energy Solutions, City of Detroit, Jefferson County, LBI ehf. (formerly Landsbanki Íslands hf.), Puerto Rico, Colt Defense, Caesars, Foxwoods, Basic Energy, Radio Shack, Rivers Casino, City of Atlantic City and Toys R Us.
Mr. Reynertson was also a crisis manager for Jay Alix Associates (now AlixPartners) where he focused on taking operational roles in financially distressed businesses. Mr. Reynertson also worked in PriceWaterhouse’s Dispute Analysis and Corporate Recovery Group in New York, providing advisory services to troubled companies and their creditors.
Managing Director /Denver
Michael Richter
Education
Mr. Richter is the Co-Founder of BeeMighty, a non-profit focused on providing medical equipment and therapy to premature babies with ongoing medical challenges. Mr. Richter has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 7, 63, 24) and holds a BSBA in Business Administration from Western Carolina University and attended the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Career Highlights
Prior to joining GLC, Michael was a Director with KPMG Corporate Finance LLC and a Partner of St. Charles Capital (acquired by KPMG CF in 2014), a leading boutique investment banking firm where he served as a Principal. Prior to joining St. Charles, Mr. Richter was a Managing Director at Commerce Street Capital. Mr. Richter is a frequent speaker at relevant industry conferences and has built a nationally recognized practice advising Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs).
Bio
Michael Richter is a Managing Director and has dedicated his career to advising business owners across a wide range of industries on mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity financings and strategic advisory assignments. His passion for assisting entrepreneurs has led to the highest standard for providing hands-on, senior level advice which has resulted in the ability to consistently achieve outlier results.
Managing Director /New York
Michael J. Sellinger
Education
Mr. Sellinger holds a BBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he graduated with High Distinction.
Mr. Sellinger has successfully completed the following FINRA Qualification Examinations: Series 7, 24, 63 & 79.
Career Highlights
Michael Sellinger joined GLC in 2009 and has worked on numerous in-court and out-of-court restructurings involving issuers from a range of industries. Mr. Sellinger’s recent experience includes representing Brookstone in its Chapter 11 filing and creditors in the bankruptcies of iHeart Communications, McClatchy and Toys R Us.
Mr. Sellinger has worked on a variety of corporate gaming transactions at GLC including those involving Boyd Gaming, Borgata, Caesars and Majestic Star. In addition, having worked on Foxwoods and numerous other casino transactions in Indian Country, he has successfully led GLC’s effort to create the dominant restructuring practice in Tribal gaming.
Mr. Sellinger was previously a Director in UBS’s Restructuring and Growth Capital Groups in San Francisco, where he focused on the restructuring of distressed securities as well as the new issuance of bank loans and high yield bonds. Mr. Sellinger also covered several leading financial sponsors.
Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Sellinger was an Associate in the Restructuring Group of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette / Credit Suisse First Boston in San Francisco. He began his career as an Analyst in Investment Banking for DLJ in Los Angeles.
Bio
Mr. Sellinger currently serves on the Board of Directors of Alpha Media, the largest privately held radio broadcast company in the United States. He previously served as a Board Observer of Guitar Center at the request of certain creditors.
Associate /Denver
Alex Shapiro
Education
Mr. Shapiro has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 79), and holds a tri-emphasis BSBA in Finance, Operations and Accounting from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Bio
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Shapiro was a Vice President at WG Nielsen and Company, a regional boutique investment banking firm focused on industry agnostic transactions in the lower middle market. Mr. Shapiro represented both sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions. Before WG Nielsen & Company, Mr. Shapiro worked most recently as an associate at K2 Fund, a private equity firm focused on software, business service and healthcare businesses in the middle market. Mr. Shapiro began his career as an equity research analyst at Tudor, Pickering and Holt primarily focused on upstream and mid-stream public companies.
Associate /New York
Sean Sheng
Education
Mr. Sheng holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from Duke University School of Law.
Bio
Sean Sheng joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2022. He was previously a restructuring lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he represented debtors, creditors, and sponsors in domestic and cross-border restructuring, distressed M&A, distressed financing, and chapter 11 proceedings.
Analyst /New York
Conor Skelly
Education
Mr. Skelly holds a BS in Business with a concentration in Finance and Data Science from New York University Stern School of Business.
Bio
Conor Skelly joined GLC as an Analyst in 2022. Prior to GLC, he was a summer analyst at HSBC in their global markets division, where he rotated through the fixed income sales and FX options trading desks.
Head of Marketing /Denver
Jennifer Stark
Education
Ms. Stark received her Bachelor of Arts in Marketing and Public Relations from Colorado State University, and has completed course work towards her Master of Arts in Business Communications from Jones International University.
Bio
Ms. Stark is a seasoned marketing and communications professional with 20 years of experience executing integrated marketing campaigns that drive customer acquisition and brand loyalty. She has dedicated her career to helping complex businesses scale, accelerate, and enhance their market performance through data-driven, innovative solutions that propel growth and brand equity. She is passionate about cultivating client-centric engagements and reaching key stakeholders in new and innovative ways. Prior to joining GLC, Ms. Stark served in senior marketing roles at the law firms of Holland & Hart and Polsinelli.
Managing Director /New York
Robert H. Swindell
Education
Mr. Swindell holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Career Highlights
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Swindell was CEO of the Civitas Group, an advisory firm specializing in the homeland and national security industries. He was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, where he ran the Global Debt Capital Markets, Global Consumer and Industrial and US Technology Groups within Investment Banking. He was a member of the Investment Banking Operating Committee.
He is on the Board of the University of Virginia College of Arts and Sciences Foundation and several private companies. Mr. Swindell has successfully completed the FINRA Administered Qualification Examination: Series 7, 63 & 24.
Bio
Robert H. Swindell has been a Managing Director at GLC Advisors & Co., LLC since 2013.
Mr. Swindell has worked on a number of assignments including M&A, out of court work outs, and financings primarily in the consumer, business services, energy, mining and healthcare industries.
Associate /New York
David Vige
Education
Mr. Vige holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Loyola University Maryland and an MBA and JD from The University of Texas at Austin.
Bio
David Vige joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2023. Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Vige was an Associate at Lazard in the Restructuring & Capital Solutions group, advising debtors and creditors on both in- and out-of-court restructurings. Before attending graduate school, Mr. Vige worked in various operational roles in the energy industry.
Vice President /New York
S. Harper Wathen
Education
Mr. Wathen holds a BSBA with a concentration in Finance and Marketing, cum laude, from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Career Highlights
Mr. Wathen was previously a Credit Analyst in the Credit Management Division of TD Bank N.A., where he focused on underwriting credit products for municipalities, middle market & community businesses, and non-profit organizations.
Bio
S. Harper Wathen is an Associate at GLC Advisors, which he joined in 2014.
Mr. Wathen worked with companies and creditors on a number of assignments including bankruptcy reorganizations, out-of-court workouts and M&A transactions. Mr. Wathen has worked across a variety of sectors including oil & gas, power & utilities, gaming and consumer products. Mr. Wathen’s recent assignments include FirstEnergy Solutions, Pengrowth Energy, Caesars Entertainment, Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Authority, and Natrol, Inc.
Managing Director /Denver
Jim Williams
Education
Mr. Williams holds a JD from the University of San Diego School of Law as well as a BS in Finance and a BS in Accountancy from Villanova University. He has completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 79, 62, 63). Mr. Williams is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, including the Business Law and M&A subsections, and he is a frequent speaker on Technology M&A.
Career Highlights
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Williams was a Director in KPMG Corporate Finance’s Technology, Media, and Telecom investment banking group as well as a Vice President with St. Charles Capital, LLC, a leading boutique investment banking firm. Before joining St. Charles Capital, Mr. Williams was an attorney, focusing on general business, real estate, and securities law.
Bio
Jim Williams is a Managing Director with GLC Advisors, where he helps lead the firm’s Technology investment banking group. He has been advising Software, Internet, and Tech-enabled Services clients and executing M&A and private capital raising transactions for entrepreneurs and financial sponsors for over a decade. Mr. Williams’ recent representative transactions include:
- Representing CivicPlus in its growth financing with BV Investment Partners
- Representing BiggerPockets in its recapitalization with McCarthy Capital
- Representing Tiempo Development in its recapitalization with Alerion Capital Group
- Representing Cartegraph Systems in its growth financing with Pamlico Capital
- Representing Verian Technologies in its sale to Basware (HEL: BAS1V)
- Representing Walz Group in its sale to LenderLive and Aquiline Capital Partners
- Representing AppExtremes (dba Conga) in its growth financing with Insight Partners
- Representing Saleslogix in its sale to Infor
- Representing Spatial Energy in its sale to Digital Globe (NYSE: MAXR)
- Representing Swiftpage in its acquisition of Saleslogix and ACT! from Sage Group (LON: SGE)
Analyst /Denver
Jackson Winn
Education
Mr. Winn holds a BSBA with a dual emphasis in finance and information technology, with distinction, from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Bio
Jackson Winn joined GLC as an analyst in 2021. Previously, Mr. Winn was a summer analyst at SLATE Partners LLC, a Denver-based boutique investment bank specializing in building materials & services, where he concentrated on sell-side M&A transactions.
Analyst /New York
Mia Yu
Education
Ms. Yu graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in Economics, Honors BA in Sociology, and Minor in Statistics.
Bio
Mia Yu joined GLC as an analyst in 2022. Previously, she worked as a summer associate at GEP Worldwide, a procurement and supply chain consulting firm.
Senior Advisors
Senior Advisors/San Francisco
Lee S. Buckner
Lee S. Buckner
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Lee S. Buckner
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Education
Mr. Buckner has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations: Series 7, 24, and 63. He received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MBA from The Darden School of Business Administration, University of Virginia.
Career Highlights
Prior to forming Global Leveraged Capital, Mr. Buckner was the Head of The Merchant Banking Group, Western Region at BNP Paribas from 2000 to 2006, and a member of the North American Leveraged Finance Committee, focused on debt and equity investments in event driven transactions. Prior to this, Mr. Buckner was a co-founder of The Merchant Banking Group for Paribas from 1994 to 2000, and a member of its Investment Committee. Mr. Buckner also served on the Paribas Global High Yield Underwriting Committee from 1998 to 2000.
Prior to BNP Paribas/Paribas, Mr. Buckner held several positions in Investment Banking and Structured Finance at Bankers Trust Company from 1988 to 1992. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Buckner was the Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer at Levi Strauss & Co focused on Corporate Planning and Development. From 1982 to 1984, Mr. Buckner held various positions in Product Management and Operations at Levi Strauss & Co. From 1979 to 1982, Mr. Buckner was a strategic consulting analyst at McKinsey & Company.
Bio
Mr. Buckner is a co-founder and Managing General Partner of Global Leveraged Capital, a member of the Investment Committee for Global Leveraged Capital Credit Opportunity Fund I and GLC Direct Credit Fund, and a member of the Board of Managers for GLC Advisors & Co.
Mr. Buckner currently serves on the Board of Directors for Big Easy Spirits Company. Previous Board of Director and Observer positions include those at RedHawk Foods, LLC, Stackpole Corporation, Universal Fibers Company, Propex Corporation, MD Beauty (Bare Essentials), North American Energy Partners, Knowledge Universe, MACTEC, Exopack Corporation, PRA International, Berkeley Industries and Axia Group.
Senior Advisors/New York
Jim Christian
Jim Christian
Senior Advisor/New York
Jim Christian
Senior Advisor/New York
Education
Mr. Christian received a BA from Williams College.
Career Highlights
In 2000, Mr. Christian joined Anschutz Investment Company as Managing Director and ultimately managed approximately $1 billion in private equity investments in motion picture productions, radio and newspaper media. From 2010-2014, he chaired the Finance Committee and led the management committee at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, a for-profit, regionally-accredited educational institution.
Returning to his hometown of New Orleans in 2017, Mr. Christian helped design and launch the executive-in-residence program at the Lepage Center at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and volunteers in the program.
Bio
Mr. Christian has wide-ranging experience, including international, as a financier, investor, executive and Board Member. For 18 years, he was in corporate and investment banking with international firms Bankers Trust (now Deutsche Bank); Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. (now UBS); and Paribas (now BNP Paribas).
Senior Advisors/New York
Avin Dwivedy
Education
Mr. Dwivedy holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business.
Career Highlights
Prior to joining GLC in 2007, Mr. Dwivedy, was an Associate Director in the Financial Sponsors, Leveraged Finance and Restructuring Group at UBS Investment Bank. Prior to UBS Investment Bank, Mr. Dwivedy was an analyst with JPMorgan Chase in the Real Estate and Lodging Group.
Bio
Avin Dwivedy is a Managing Director at GLC.
Senior Advisors/New York
Gilbert Harrison
Education
Mr. Harrison received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania in 1962 and his Juris Doctor from The University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1965.He is a member of the Board of Advisors and Executive Committee of The Peggy Guggenheim Collection of the Solomon Guggenheim Foundation in Venice and Mr. Harrison is presently a member of the Board and the Treasurer of the Southampton Hospital Foundation. He is one of the founders of the Retail and Apparel Leadership Group of UJA-Federation of New York, and is Chairman Emeritus of The Educational Foundation of the Fashion Institute of Technology. He also served the Wharton School Undergraduate Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania for eighteen years and has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Apparel and Footwear Association.
Career Highlights
Gilbert W. Harrison is the Chairman of Harrison Group, Inc. and a Senior Advisor in restructuring for GLC Advisors & Co. Mr. Harrison is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Financo, Inc. He founded Financo in 1971 in Philadelphia, where it became one of the leading independent middle market firms in the country, developing its reputation primarily in the retail and consumer industries. Over its 45 year history, Financo has expanded its service offerings significantly, developing resources beyond its traditional merger and acquisition and divestiture work into consulting, principal investments, restructuring and other services relating to the retail and consumer industries. As one of the industry’s premier dealmakers, Mr. Harrison has been involved in orchestrating over 100 merger, acquisition and divestiture deals for retail, apparel, footwear and cosmetic clients.
Mr. Harrison’s other activities include creating a course on mergers and acquisitions at The Wharton School; publishing various articles and academic studies on the state of retailing and mergers and acquisitions, including a chapter in the book entitled, The Mergers and Acquisitions Handbook; and lecturing throughout the country, including moderating and participating in seminars for Retail Week, International Council of Shopping Centers, National Retail Federation, FT Business of Luxury Summit, Russia Retail Summit and the World Retail Congress.
Senior Advisors/San Francisco
Doug Lane
Doug Lane
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Doug Lane
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Education
Mr. Lane holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, a JD (Order of the Coif) from Washington University and a BA from Northwestern University.
Career Highlights
Mr. Lane previously worked as a Managing Director in GLC’s San Francisco office on a wide variety of recapitalizations, reorganizations, distressed buy-side and sell-side engagements and new financings. Mr. Lane’s transactions at GLC included:
- raising a $200 million debt financing for a private software company;
- representing an ad hoc group of secured and unsecured bondholders of First Energy Solutions;
- representing unsecured bondholders of Basic Energy Services;
- selling Natrol Inc.(nutritional supplement manufacturer) through a Section 363 process; and
- representing Niko Inc. (multinational E&P) in its out-of-court restructuring; and
- representing the secured noteholders of Essar Steel Algoma.
Previously Mr. Lane worked as a Managing Director in UBS’s Restructuring and Leveraged Finance Groups based in San Francisco. While at UBS, Mr. Lane’s transactions included in- and out-of-court solutions for U.S., Canadian and Mexican companies as well as several large, cross-border M&A financings for U.S., European, Indian, Brazilian and Russian enterprises.
From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lane worked in the Restructuring Group at DLJ and prior to that he was a commercial litigator at Dickinson Wright LLC in Detroit, MI.
Bio
Mr. Lane is CFO/Managing Director of Global Compute Infrastructure, a private equity firm focused on the data infrastructure industry. Global Compute intends to acquire, develop and operate data center assets across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Global Compute completed its acquisition of ATM S.A., a Polish data center operator, in December, 2020. Global Compute is backed by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division.
Senior Advisors/New York
Mack F. Rossoff
Education
Mr. Rossoff has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations: Series 7, 24, 63, and 79. He earned his BA from Princeton University and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Years of Experience
37+Transactions Advised
150+Bio
Mack Rossoff is Managing Director of GLC Advisors. Mr. Rossoff is an expert in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Finance, Restructuring and Private Equity. With over 37 years of investment banking experience, Mr. Rossoff has led over 150 transactions with a value in excess of $50 billion. Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Rossoff served as the Managing Director of Rossoff & Company LLC, a boutique investment bank he founded in 2009. Rossoff & Company specialized in Gaming, Industrial and Fin Tech assignments. Prior to founding Rossoff & Company, Mr. Rossoff was an M&A specialist at Banc of America Securities, LLC. Prior to that he served as head of M&A at Wit Soundview Group; Head of Global Media and Entertainment Investment Banking at JP Morgan; Head of Investment Banking at Schroder & Co. Inc.; Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment Banking at Dillon Read & Co.; and was an original partner and Co-Head of Investment Banking at Wasserstein Perella & Co. Mr. Rossoff began his investment banking career with The First Boston Corporation, where he focused on media and transportation assignments.
Senior Advisors/San Francisco
Donald Stanners
Donald Stanners
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Donald Stanners
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Bio
Mr. Stanners is the co-founder, President and CEO of RedHawk Foods. Founded in 2014, RedHawk Foods is an innovative and entrepreneurial food company. Prior to starting RedHawk, Mr. Stanners was a partner and co-founder of Insight Holdings; the Vice Chairman, board director and CFO of The Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company, Inc.; and CFO and board director of Insight Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Mr. Stanners specializes in building consumer products companies though expanded distribution, brand extensions, organic growth and the timely acquisitions of complementary brands and operations. He also served as a principal at The Shansby Group, managing director at GE Capital and held senior positions at The Bank of America and Security Pacific National Bank. He graduated from Duke University and is currently a member of the Trinity Board of Visitors and the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Task Force at Duke University.
Senior Advisors/New York
Paul (Tim) Thompson III
Paul (Tim) Thompson III
Senior Advisor/New York
Paul (Tim) Thompson III
Senior Advisor/New York
Education
Mr. Thompson received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Career Highlights
Prior to co-founding KMF, Mr. Thompson was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation (“DLJ”). While at DLJ, Mr. Thompson established the DLJ Bridge Fund and coordinated its activities for eleven years beginning in 1987. In 1998, he became Chief Credit Officer of the Investment Banking Group and Chairman of the Credit Commitment Committee with responsibility for the capital commitment process for the firm.
Prior to joining DLJ, Mr. Thompson was with The First Boston Corporation from 1982 to 1987 where he worked in the project finance group and later started the acquisition finance group that specialized in syndicating bank credit facilities to fund acquisitions. From 1975 until 1982, he worked at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company in general corporate and energy lending in New York and London, and from 1973 to 1975 he was a trainee at Brown Brothers, Harriman & Company in the bond department. Mr. Thompson served in the Pennsylvania National Guard from 1971 to 1977.
Bio
Mr. Thompson is a former Managing Director at GLC and previously, a Senior Managing Director at FBR. He joined FBR from Watch Hill Partners in 2008. Prior to joining Watch Hill Partners, Mr. Thompson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Darby Creek Company, an investment banking consulting firm that primarily specializes in giving impartial advice to owners and CEOs of private companies. Prior to founding The Darby Creek Company, Mr. Thompson was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Kelso Mezzanine Fund (“KMF”), a mezzanine fund that was raised in partnership with Kelso & Company, a leading New York based private equity fund.