Thomas M. McCabe joins MorrisAnderson as managing director, working with clients across contract and lender negotiations, debt restructuring, capital raising and re-financings, budgets, financial and operational analyses, and cash flow projections. Previously, he worked at Glen Ridge Advisory, JS Held Financial Advisory Services, BDO Advisory Services and other firms including KPMG. McCabe has a bachelor’s in accounting from University of Notre Dame and a master’s of business administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

John Larson joins MorrisAnderson as director in the Chicago office. A Certified Fraud Examiner, Larson will lead a team of associate directors and work directly with clients, lenders, and creditors, managing projects’ scope, budgets and engagement reports. Larson has a bachelor's degree of business administration, majoring in both finance and economics, from University of Wisconsin. He has previously worked at Engs Commercial Capital, Weather Mark, Inc., Hilco Financial and Banco Popular. 

Milosz Gawlik has passed Level 3 of the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA)” program and has obtained the CFA Charter. The CFA credential is the most respected and recognized investment designation in the world as it demonstrates superior competency in advanced portfolio management, financial expertise, and technical skills. Successful CFA program candidates report that they spend an average of 1,000 hours, in aggregate, studying for all three levels.

Rob Meyers of Republic Business Credit is proud to announce it was acquired by Renasant Corporation (NASDAQ:RNST) and will continue to operate as a separate and wholly owned subsidiary of Renasant Bank. It will continue to operate as Republic Business Credit along with its entire leadership team and employees to continue building a national platform. Republic is one of the fastest growing and largest commercial finance companies in the US that provides working capital solutions up to $15,000,000 across ABL, Factoring, Traditional Factoring, Fast AR and E-commerce suite of working capital solutions.

Accordion is pleased to announce that Matt Beresh (Senior Managing Director) will add Office Lead to his responsibilities in Chicago. With this addition, Matt will maintain his continuous focus on Turnaround and Restructuring clients and engagements. He will also now lead certain aspects of people development, business development, and culture conservation associated with the firm’s growing Chicago office, which has representation from all of Accordion’s service lines (spanning the entire CFO function across every stage of the investment lifecycle).

Susan Poll Klaessy, Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, was named to the 2023 Illinois Super Lawyers List in the field of Business Bankruptcy. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Each year, only 5 percent of attorneys in the state are selected to the Super Lawyers list.

David Johnson of Abraxas Group spoke at a recent panel discussion addressing growth challenges for small and mid-sized companies, hosted by YourDealSource.

The Keystone Group is proud to announce that Evan Farrell was recently promoted to Partner. Evan brings more than 10 years of experience to Keystone and has been a recipient of multiple TMA awards including the TMA National Turnaround of the Year, TMA Chicago/Midwest Turnaround of the Year, and the TMA Chicago/Midwest Transaction of the Year.

Kevin A. Krakora, CTP, Managing Director with Getzler Henrich, was recently appointed as an Independent Director to the board of a $400 million tier 1 manufacturer and designer of light vehicle components. He also recently published an article titled “Rolling with the Changes: Can the RV Industry Sustain Momentum Beyond the Pandemic?” Kevin leads the Automotive Industry Practice at Getzler Henrich.

Suzanne Koenig was interviewed by Steve Moran on Senior Living Foresight, where she discussed the state of the healthcare industry. Koenig offered her unique insight on occupancy issues, staffing concerns, and future challenges that the industry is likely to face in the coming years. In addition, Suzanne Koenig was featured in a webinar hosted by Reorg Research titled “Recent Trends in Distressed Healthcare,” where she offered her perspective on recent credit and distressed trends in the healthcare sector alongside reputable attorneys, lenders, and consultants in the healthcare industry.

Levenfeld Pearlstein is excited to announce that it has hired new TMA member Heidi Hockberger to join its Financial Services and Restructuring Group (FSRG). Heidi joined LP in January 2023 as an associate and is already making an impact within the group and industry.

In January 2023, Aaron Hammer of HMB Legal Counsel and Tom Goldblatt of Ravinia Capital hosted their second annual Midmarket Deal Makers Symposium in Miami Beach at the SLS South Beach Hotel with over 100 distressed investors, turnaround professionals and senior corporate executives attending.

Aaron Hammer recently was named Legal Advisor of the Year by The M&A Advisor in conjunction with its annual turnaround awards presented at the Distressed Investing Summit in Palm Beach on March 22, 2023.

HYPERAMS is pleased to announce that Director of Business Development Kat Parker is being recognized as one of the ABF Journal’s Top Women in Asset-Based Lending. Kat’s profile and professional accomplishments will be featured in the Q1/2023 issue of trade magazine ABF Journal along with other distinguished women leaders in the industry. We are also pleased to announce that Kat has been promoted to Managing Director of Business Development and Beth Lennon has been promoted from Director to Managing Director of Financial Writing and Communications. Congratulations, Kat and Beth!

Sean Williams of Levenfeld Pearlstein has been selected to serve on the TMA Global NextGen Committee in 2023. As a member of the Committee, Sean will oversee and assist the 2023 TMA NextGen Global Leadership Conference, to be held in July in Chicago, Illinois. 

Sean Williams and Harold Israel have been engaged to represent the secured lender in In re Affito Domus Vendita Holdings LLC, pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Levenfeld Pearlstein was also recently retained to represent the assignee for the benefit of creditors of Interior Define, Inc., a custom furniture and home goods company. The engagement is being led by LP attorneys and TMA Chicago/Midwest chapter members Sean Williams and Harold Israel.