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Analyst /Denver
Matija Andelkovic joined GLC as an Analyst in 2023. Prior to GLC, Mr. Andelkovic was a summer analyst at BridgeCap Partners, a real estate private equity firm.
Mr. Andelkovic holds a BA in Business with the concentration in financial services from the University of Maine.
Vice President /Denver
Michael Armbruster is a Vice President in the Business Services & Industrials group and has been involved in several transactions and advisory assignments including sell-side and buy-side M&A, financings, valuations, and fairness opinions for middle-market and lower middle-market companies.
Mr. Armbruster joined GLC Advisors & Company in 2020 as an Associate. Mr. Armbruster was previously 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.
Mr. Armbruster holds a BSBA with a dual emphasis in Finance and Accounting from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Mr. Armbruster has completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 79 & 63).
Associate /New York
Tamerlan Bakhtiozin joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2024. Prior to GLC, Tamerlan was an Associate at Cowen & Company, where he focused on M&A and capital markets transactions within the technology sector. Prior to Cowen, he worked in Transaction Advisory Services at RSM and PwC.
Mr. Bakhtiozin holds a bachelor’s degree with a concentration in finance and strategic management from Babson College.
Managing Director /San Francisco
Mr. Benninger currently is Chairman of the Board of Directors of 1) Truckee Gaming LLC, operator of ten locals casinos in Nevada, 2) Video King LLC, the largest bingo equipment company in No. America, 3) Louisiana Downs Casino and Racetrack in Bossier City, LA, 4) Delaware Park Casino and Racetrack in Wilmington, DE, 5) GLC Advisors & Co., and 6) the DAPER Investment Fund, a co-investment fund with the Stanford Management Company for the benefit of the Stanford Athletic Department. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment Corp, the largest gaming company in the U.S., from 2017 to 2020. He is also 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: Revel Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City, Squaw Valley Ski Corporation, and Affinity Gaming in Las Vegas.
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 80 jurisdictions.
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.
Analyst /Los Angeles
Axel Bhandari joined GLC as an Analyst in 2023. Prior to GLC, Mr. Bhandari was a Summer Analyst in the Acquisitions group at BentallGreenOak where he focused on investments in Commercial Real Estate.
Mr. Bhandari graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with a BA in International Relations Global Business with a concentration in Finance.
Managing Director /Denver
David Bluth is a Managing Director and helps lead GLC Advisors’ Technology Investment Banking practice. Mr. Bluth is focused on advising middle-market software and technology services companies, and is responsible for cultivating and managing client relationships, providing clients access to an extensive network of private equity and strategic buyer relationships, and leading client M&A and capital raising transactions from the point of engagement through deal negotiations and closing. Mr. Bluth provides hands-on, client-first advice and senior-level judgement garnered through nearly 20 years of M&A and capital markets experience.
Mr. Bluth is a board member for SOFTWAREColorado, a Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Advisor, 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 former board member and community volunteer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, Inc., and a former member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America’s Nationwide Leadership Council.
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Bluth was a Director with KPMG Corporate Finance LLC’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.
Mr. Bluth has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 7, 24, 63), and holds a BS in Finance and a BS in Accounting from Florida State University.
Analyst /Denver
Jack Briggs joined GLC as an Analyst in 2023. Prior to GLC, Mr. Briggs worked as a summer legal intern at Janet Alvarez & Associates as well as at the University of Denver focusing on FP&A.
Mr. Briggs holds a BSBA in Finance with a minor in Physics from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
Managing Director /New York
Sean Cannon is a Managing Director at GLC with over 14 years of investment banking experience. Mr. Cannon joined GLC in 2013 and has advised companies, creditors and sponsors on over $33 billion of transactions including restructurings, recapitalizations, financings, mergers and acquisitions across a range of industry sectors including healthcare, consumer, retail, gaming, media, telecom and tax-exempt finance.
Examples of Mr. Cannon’s recent transactions include Carestream Health, Endo International, Great Lakes Senior Living, iHeartMedia, Healogics, Hertz, JCPenny, McClatchy, Stimwave Technologies, Toys R Us, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, among others.
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Cannon worked at CRT Capital where he focused on investment banking advisory assignments across M&A and private capital raising.
Prior to joining CRT, Mr. Cannon worked in the Transaction Services practice at KPMG where he focused on M&A advisory services.
In 2023, Mr. Cannon received the 14th Annual Emerging Leaders Award by The M&A Advisor. The award recognizes professionals under 40 who have reached a significant level of success in their careers and made notable contributions to their industry and community.
Mr. Cannon holds a BS in Finance from Lehigh University and holds FINRA Series 24, 50, 63, and 79 licenses.
Chief Financial Officer /San Francisco
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.
Ms. Chan is a Certified Public Accountant and received her B.S. in Accounting and M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University.
Analyst /Los Angeles
Ashwin Chona joined GLC as an Analyst in 2023. Prior to GLC, he was an investment analyst intern at Northwestern Mutual Capital in their private capital division, where he focused on private debt and equity transactions across industries and security classes.
Mr. Chona holds a BS in Business with a concentration in Finance and Statistics from New York University Stern School of Business.
Associate /New York
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.
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.
Analyst /New York
Andrew Colbert joined GLC as an analyst in 2024. Prior to GLC, he was a summer analyst at Holborn Corporation.
Mr. Colbert holds a Masters in Management Studies from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Business Analytics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Office Manager /New York
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
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, casino gaming, convenience and route-based gaming, B2B and B2C igaming and online sports betting, 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 DLJ, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Cramer holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and BA with distinction from Stanford University.
Analyst /New York
Joshua Elenowitz joined GLC as an analyst in 2024. Previously, he worked as a summer analyst at Rothschild & Co, where he worked in both the M&A and Debt Advisory & Restructuring group.
Mr. Elenowitz graduated from the Emory University with a BBA with concentrations in Finance and Film & Media Management.
Managing Director /Denver
With a professional career spanning more than two decades, Adam Fiedor has collaborated with entrepreneurs and management teams of numerous middle-market companies, guiding them through the intricacies of mergers and acquisitions as well as capital raising. Adam has consistently showcased a proven ability to generate substantial value for all parties involved. His adeptness in strategically aligning client objectives during transactions has been instrumental in yielding exceptional financial and business outcomes.
Prior to joining GLC, Adam was a Director with KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, where he spearheaded KPMG’s US fairness opinion practice and focused on M&A for middle-market companies. Preceding this, he served as a Partner of St. Charles Capital, LLC (acquired by KPMG in 2014), a leading boutique investment banking firm.
Adam actively contributes to various organizations, serving as a board member of the Young American Center for Financial Education, an organization committed to developing the financial literacy of young people with real-life experience and hands-on education. Additionally, Adam serves as a board member of SkyView Academy, a charter school committed to preparing students to be life-long learners and honorable leaders of tomorrow. He is also an advisory board member of the Reiman School of Finance at the University of Denver.
Mr. Fiedor holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and a BSBA from the University of Denver.
Director /Denver
Michael Fleschner joined GLC in 2016 and has completed numerous business services and industrials advisory assignments including sell-side and buy-side M&A, financings, valuations, and fairness opinions.
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Fleschner was 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 (acquired by KPMG in 2014).
Mr. Fleschner is the recipient of numerous industry recognition and achievement honors including the 14th Annual Emerging Leaders Award by The M&A Advisor (the award recognizes professionals under 40 who have reached a significant level of success in their careers and made notable contributions to their industry and community) and the GenXYZ – Colorado Top 5 Professional Award.
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.
Managing Director /New York
Alex Geier joined GLC in 2020 and leads the firm’s Healthcare practice. He has more than 25 years of overall experience across Services, Digital Health/HCIT, Medical Devices and Life Sciences, as well as deep subject matter expertise in the public and private credit markets. Representative transactions at GLC include Carestream Health, Healogics, Invacare, SpineOne and StimWave Technologies.
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.
Overall, Mr. Geier has worked on more than 200 Healthcare assignments, encompassing a wide range of transaction types (restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, carve-outs, dividend and other recapitalizations, 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 preferred and common equity).
Mr. Geier holds FINRA Series 24, 50, 63 and 79 licenses as well as an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and an AB in Political Science and Economics from Duke University.
Vice President /New York
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.
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.
Director /New York
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 gaming, healthcare, and automotive spaces among others. Mr. Hagamen’s experience includes representing creditors in Invacare, Alpha Media, and Fallbrook Technologies.
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.
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.
Managing Director /New York
Abe Han is a Managing Director, which he co-founded in 2009. Based in 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 approximately 25 years. Recent assignments include roles in: City of Detroit, Jefferson County, Puerto Rico, Colt Defense, Rivers Casino, Visteon, UCI International, RCS Capital, Fallbrook Technologies and Invacare Corporation.
Before co-founding GLC, Mr. Han was a Principal at GLC Investment Advisors where he focused on distressed investing. Previously, Mr. Han was an Executive Director in UBS’ Restructuring and Leveraged Finance Group based in New York. Prior to UBS, Mr. Han was the Steel Division Manager for Hyundai Corp. (USA).
Mr. Han has served on Official Creditors Committee of Star Tribune in bankruptcy, Board of Directors of PRC and Urigen, and board observer of ADS Logistics, River’s Casino (Pittsburgh) and Fallbrook Technologies. Mr. Han currently serves on the Board of Directors of Invacare Corporation and the Board of Trustees of Saddle River Day School.
Mr. Han was selected by The M&A Advisor as one of the “40 Under 40”.
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 received a BA from Rutgers University and an MBA from Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management).
Analyst /Denver
Seth Hardy joined GLC as an Analyst in 2024. Prior to GLC, Mr. Hardy was a summer analyst at GLC, where he assisted on a wide variety of M&A deals.
Mr. Hardy holds a BSBA with a dual emphasis in Finance and Accounting, with distinction, from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Managing Director /Denver
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 almost 90 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.
Prior to joining GLC, 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) where he advised software and service companies and led the Enterprise Software practice. 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.
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.
Associate /Denver
Rebecca Herman joined GLC advisors as an Associate in September 2023. Prior to joining GLC, Ms. Herman was an Investment Banking Associate in Guggenheim Securities’ Biopharma Group where she focused on advisory. Prior to Guggenheim, Ms. Herman was an Associate Director on the Financial Planning and Analysis team at Optum where she focused on supporting the technology and research businesses that were previously part of The Advisory Board Company.
Ms. Herman has successfully completed the following FINRA Administration Qualification Exams: SIE, Series 79 and Series 63. She holds an MBA from the University of Michigan as well as a BS in applied mathematics from Colby College.
Director /Los Angeles
John Hill is a Director 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.
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.
Controller /San Francisco
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.
Ms. Hom is a graduate of San Francisco State University where she earned her B.S. in Business
Analyst /New York
Turner Ives joined GLC as an analyst in 2023. Previously, he worked as a summer analyst in Starwood Property Trust’s Infrastructure Lending Group.
Mr. Ives received a BS in Commerce from University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce with a Concentration in Finance and a Track in Real Estate.
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Associate/New York
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.
Mr. Jackson holds a BSBA in Finance and Marketing from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and is also a CFA charterholder and holds the Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) certification, the latter of which he received an award for achieving one of the highest composite scores on the certification exams in 2022.
Analyst /New York
Rishi Joshi joined GLC as an analyst in 2023. Previously, he was an Investment Banking summer analyst at Rothschild & Company, where he worked across the Restructuring and M&A Advisory groups.
Mr. Joshi holds a BS in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Business Analytics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Vice President /New York
Adam Kelly-Penso is a Vice President at GLC with over seven 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, natural resources, media, retail and consumer staples, amongst other sectors. Recent transactions include Alpha Media, Carestream Health, Dean Foods, Healogics, JC Penney, Red Rock Biofuels 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.
Mr. Kelly-Penso holds a BA in Mathematics from Columbia University. He has completed the Series 79 and 63 FINRA-administered qualification examinations.
Managing Director /New York
Michael Kizer is a Managing 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, Columbia Pulp, Red Rock Biofuels, Riverbed Technology, Tacora Resources, Pengrowth Energy, TerraVia Holdings and FirstEnergy Solutions.
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.
Mr. Kizer is an Independent Director of Talus Renewables, a green ammonia company.
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 Qualification Examinations: Series 24, 63 & 79.
Vice President /New York
Jason Leshner joined GLC in 2020 focusing on healthcare services, life sciences and other commercial and industrial distressed merger and acquisition and in-court and out-of-court balance sheet restructurings. Prior to GLC he was an Associate in Morgan Stanley’s Healthcare Investment Banking group. Mr. Leshner also previously worked as a high yield credit analyst covering the healthcare sector at Morgan Stanley, and as an investment grade healthcare credit analyst at U.S. Bank. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Council for Economic Education.
At Morgan Stanley’s healthcare investment banking division, his experience included merger and acquisition advisory services to corporate healthcare company’s and financial sponsors, private debt and syndicated loan raises, and private placement equity and public market equity raises and follow-ons. At Morgan Stanley’s credit risk group, his experience included underwriting new syndicated high yield loan originations in support of company and financial sponsor recapitalizations, leveraged buyouts, and merger and acquisition activities. He additionally managed a portfolio of high yield senior secured healthcare loans. 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.
Mr. Leshner holds an MBA from the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, a BA in Financial Economics from Western Washington University, and holds the FINRA Series 79 and 63 licenses.
Analyst /New York
Vignesh Maddi joined GLC as an analyst in 2023. Previously, he worked as a summer analyst at MTS Health Partners, a boutique healthcare investment bank.
Mr. Maddi graduated from the University of Chicago with a BA in Economics and a minor in History.
Analyst /New York
Rita Miao joined GLC as an analyst in 2024. Previously, she worked as a intern in private credit at The Carlyle Group.
Ms. Miao graduated from Emory University with a BBA in Finance and Quantitative Sciences.
Analyst /Denver
Michael Nadell joined GLC as an Analyst in 2024. Prior to GLC, Mr. Nadell was a Summer Investment Banking Analyst at Financial Technology Partners.
Mr. Nadell holds a BSBA with a dual emphasis in finance and accounting, with distinction, from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Analyst /Denver
Rushil Patel joined GLC as an Analyst in 2024. Prior to GLC, Mr. Patel was a summer analyst at Botticelli Capital Partners, where he provided valuation services to publicly held companies.
Mr. Patel holds a BSc. Business Management with Marketing from the University of Birmingham, and a Master’s of Science in Finance from the University of Southern California.
Managing Director /Los Angeles
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.
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).
Analyst /Denver
Kellen Ray joined GLC as an analyst in 2024. Previously, he worked as a fall and summer analyst at Crossroads Capital in M&A advisory.
Mr. Ray received a Master of Science in Finance from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. Prior to that, Kellen received his BA in Business Finance from Dickinson State University.
Associate /New York
Sean Ream joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2024. Prior to GLC, Sean was a Senior Associate at Treo Asset Management where he covered several portfolio companies in the healthcare, retail, and gaming sectors. Prior to Treo, Sean worked at the financial services group at EY.
Mr. Ream holds a BS in Finance and Accounting from Lehigh University. He is a CFA charterholder and a CPA in the State of NY.
Associate /Denver
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.
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.
Managing Director /New York
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 numerous assignments including bankruptcy reorganizations, exchange offers, out-of-court workouts, M&A, financings and recapitalizations. Recent assignments include roles in: Hertz, iHeart, First Energy Solutions, Riverbed Technologies, City of Detroit, Jefferson County, LBI ehf. (formerly Landsbanki Íslands hf.), Puerto Rico, Brookstone, Caesars, Foxwoods, Basic Energy, Radio Shack, Rivers Casino, Healogics, City of Atlantic City and Toys R Us.
Mr. Reynertson is a regular guest lecturer on several college campuses, including Columbia University, Emory University, UCLA, University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania.
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.
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 (now PwC’s) Dispute Analysis and Corporate Recovery Group in New York, providing advisory services to troubled companies and their creditors.
Mr. Reynertson has successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations: Series 7, 24, 50, 54 & 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.
Managing Director /Denver
With nearly 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, Michael has dedicated his career to advising founders, owners and entrepreneurs on mergers, acquisitions and private debt and equity financings.
Prior to joining GLC, Michael was a Director with KPMG Corporate Finance LLC and a Partner of St. Charles Capital (acquired by KPMG 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 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.
Associate /Denver
Michael Sacia joined GLC Advisors as an Associate in 2023. Prior to joining GLC Advisors, Mr. Sacia was a Financial Due Diligence Manager at KPMG, LLP where he provided buy and sell-side deal advisory services to healthcare and life science M&A clients.
Michael is a CPA license holder and obtained a Master of Science in accounting and a BSBA degree with a dual emphasis in finance and accounting from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Managing Director /New York
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.
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.
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.
Business Manager /New York
Ms. Shyn is a distinguished professional with a diverse background in Operations, Business Development, and Administration.
With over 20 years of experience in professional services firms, Ms. Shyn has a proven track record of helping Investment Banks and Law Firms achieve their business objectives. She has held several senior roles throughout her career, including roles at Jefferies, Burford Capital, Kobre & Kim LLP and Quinn Emanuel.
Ms. Shyn received her Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Public Relations from The University of Maryland College Park.
Analyst /Los Angeles
Kyle Simon joined GLC as an Analyst in 2023. Prior to GLC, Mr. Simon was a summer analyst at M&T Bank in their Debt Capital Markets group, where he focused on debt-financed transactions in the middle market space.
Mr. Simon holds a BSBA in Finance and Operations & Information Management from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Analyst /Los Angeles
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.
Mr. Skelly holds a BS in Business with a concentration in Finance and Data Science from New York University Stern School of Business.
Head of Marketing /Denver
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.
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.
Managing Director /New York
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.
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.
Mr. Swindell holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Economics from the University of Virginia.
Analyst /New York
Daniel Verrone joined GLC as an Analyst in 2023. Previously, he was a summer analyst at Stone Point Capital and Caspian Capital LP.
Mr. Verrone holds a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Associate /New York
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.
Mr. Vige holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Loyola University Maryland and an MBA and JD from The University of Texas at Austin.
Analyst /Denver
Alexandra Vlasenkova joined GLC Advisors as an Analyst in 2024. Prior to joining GLC, Ms. Vlasenkova was a Summer Analyst at Ares Management in Private Credit, Direct Lending Group.
Ms. Vlasenkova holds a BSc of Economics with double concentrations in Finance and Business Economics and Public Policy and a minor in German from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Director /New York
Harper Wathen is a Director 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.
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.
Mr. Wathen holds a BSBA with a concentration in Finance and Marketing, cum laude, from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Managing Director /Denver
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, founders, and financial sponsors for close to 15 years.
Prior to joining GLC, Mr. Williams was a Director in KPMG Corporate Finance LLC’s Technology, Media, and Telecom investment banking group as well as a Vice President with St. Charles Capital, LLC (acquired by KPMG in 2014), 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.
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.
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.
Mr. Williams has completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examinations (Series 24, 62, 63, & 79).
Analyst /New York
Helena Zhong joined GLC as an analyst in 2024. Prior to GLC, Ms. Zhong was a restructuring intern analyst at Province and summer analyst at J.P. Morgan Sales and Trading Division.
Ms. Zhong graduated magna cum laude from University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business with a BS in Business Administration – Finance.
Senior Advisors/San Francisco
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Mr. Buckner is a co-founder and Managing Director 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 Affiniti Corporation, BCS Advisors & Co., LLC and Big Easy Spirits Company, Inc. Previous Board of Director and Observer positions include those at Stackpole Corporation, Universal Fibers Company, Propex Corporation, MD Beauty (Bare Essentials), North American Energy Partners, Knowledge Universe, MACTEC, Exopack Corporation, PRA International, Berkeley Industries, Axia Group, and RedHawk Foods, LLC.
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.
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.
Senior Advisors/New York
Senior Advisor/New York
Senior Advisor/New York
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).
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.
Mr. Christian received a BA from Williams College.
Senior Advisors/New York
Avin Dwivedy is a Managing Director at GLC.
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.
Mr. Dwivedy holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business.
Senior Advisors/New York
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.
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.
Senior Advisors/San Francisco
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
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.
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:
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.
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.
Senior Advisors/New York
Mack Rossoff is a Senior Advisor of GLC Advisors. Mr. Rossoff is an expert in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Finance, Restructuring and Private Equity. With over 41 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.
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.
Senior Advisors/San Francisco
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
Senior Advisor/San Francisco
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
Senior Advisor/New York
Senior Advisor/New York
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.
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.
Mr. Thompson received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.