Restructuring Advisory professionals

Mick Solimene
Senior Managing Director

T: (312) 756-3833
E: mick.solimene@macquarie.com

Mick Solimene is a Senior Managing Director in the Chicago office where he runs the firm’s Restructuring Advisory Services Practice. He has over 25 years of experience as an advisor and investor in dealing with a variety of complex capital structure solutions for under-performing and troubled companies, including out-of-court and Chapter 11 debt restructurings, exchange offers, consent solicitations and mergers and acquisitions. He is currently a member of the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He is a frequent author and speaker on a variety of corporate finance topics.

David S. Miller
Managing Director

T: (404) 815-3421
E: david.miller@macquarie.com

David Miller is a Managing Director in the Atlanta office. David has 22 years of advisory experience and has been involved in a broad range of significant mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and restructuring transactions. He has advised both companies and key stakeholders of companies with a focus on devising transactional solutions to complex business issues. David is a member of a number of professional organizations including the Association for Corporate Growth, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Association for Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. He is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor and holds a Certification in Distressed Business Valuation.

Martin Nachimson
Consultant - Managing Director

T: (310) 557-4313
E: martin.nachimson@macquarie.com

Marty Nachimson is a Consultant-Managing Director in the Los Angeles office and has over 45 years of experience in public accounting with a major emphasis in business loan workouts, debt restructurings and investigative matters. During the course of his career, he has served on numerous insolvency and reorganization engagements, including some of the nation’s largest proceedings and encompasses a broad range of industries. He is currently a member of the American College of Bankruptcy (Fellow), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Insolvency Accountants, and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He sits on the Board of Directors for American Restaurant Group.

Ford R. Phillips
Managing Director

T: (312) 756-3870
E: ford.phillips@macquarie.com

Ford Phillips is a Managing Director in the Chicago office with a primary focus on providing corporate debt restructuring, reorganization, and strategic advisory services to both debtors and creditors. Ford has served numerous reorganization, workout and bankruptcy clients in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, primary metals, energy, retail and specialty finance. He has extensive experience dealing with a variety of complex capital structure solutions for under-performing and troubled companies, including out-of-court and Chapter 11 debt restructurings, exchange offers, and mergers and acquisitions.

Ed Albert
Managing Director

T: (212) 231-1733
E: ed.albert@macquarie.com

Ed Albert is a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and is Co-Head of the New York restructuring advisory business. Mr. Albert has led restructurings and negotiations or made investment decisions in over $50 billion of transactions both in and out of court. He has represented investors, companies, lenders, bondholders, unsecured lenders and labor in restructurings, re-financing, mergers, acquisitions and capital sourcing transactions.

Mr. Albert was previously a Managing Director and senior member in the leveraged lending and restructuring business at Fortress. Prior to that he was the head of restructuring advisory at Milestone Merchant Partners and was a Director in the restructuring practice of Giuliani Capital / Ernst & Young Corporate Finance.

Mr. Albert holds an MBA from the University of Maryland, is a member of the Association for Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors and a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute.

James Chiarelli
Senior Vice President

T: (312) 756-3834
E: james.chiarelli@macquarie.com

James Chiarelli is a Senior Vice President in the Chicago office, with over ten years of experience in structured and project finance in addition to special situation and distressed asset investments. He is also responsible for capital raising and financing activities in bank and public/private debt markets.

Vikram Chitkara
Senior Vice President

T: (312) 756-3849
E: vikram.chitkara@macquarie.com

Vikram Chitkara is a Senior Vice President in Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc's Chicago office. Vikram has over ten years of corporate finance experience, including corporate restructurings, mergers & acquisitions and debt/equity financings. Prior to joining Macquarie Capital, Vikram was a Senior Credit Analyst at Black Diamond Capital Management, a $10 billion distressed hedge fund manager.

Raoul Nowitz
Senior Vice President

T: (404) 815-3434
E: raoul.nowitz@macquarie.com

Raoul Nowitz is a Senior Vice President in the Atlanta office with over 12 years of experience including restructurings, capital raisings, and mergers and acquisitions in a variety of industries including real estate, merchant power, metals, aerospace, retail and consumer products.

Teri Stratton
Senior Vice President

T: (310) 557-4316
E: teri.stratton@macquarie.com

Teri Stratton is a Senior Vice President in the Los Angeles office with over 17 years of corporate finance experience, serving in both credit administration and special assets, including 11 years of restructuring experience. She has assisted companies in (1) analyzing, evaluating, and implementing strategic alternatives including debt restructuring and refinancing, and equity financing; (2) developing and reviewing business plans and cash forecasts; (3) analyzing cash flow requirements; and (4) segment profitability analyses.