Creative Asset Specialists Can Help Retailers Achieve Rapid Restructurings
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Creative Asset Specialists Can Help Retailers Achieve Rapid Restructurings
By James Doak, Co-Head, Miller Buckfire & Co. LLP & Michael Kollender, Managing Director, Stifel
When Kmart was first faced with bankruptcy in February 2002, its leadership was committed to addressing its operational challenges in an aggressive manner. The team enacted a “fast-track emergence” plan, with the goal of exiting bankruptcy by July 2003.
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Michael Kollender is a managing director and head of Consumer & Retail and Diversified Industrials in investment banking at Stifel. He oversees the groups’ strategic direction and is involved in public offerings, private placements, M&A, restructurings, and financial advisory activities for clients. Kollender’s primary industry focus in the consumer sector includes specialty retail, brand management, consumer services, and consumer products, and he has completed numerous transactions across virtually all major industry sectors and consumer subsectors. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University.
James Doak is a co-head and managing director of Miller Buckfire. His experience includes M&A, financing, and restructuring transactions on behalf of clients in a variety of sectors, including municipal/sovereign, gaming, transportation, telecommunications, distribution, home goods, information technology, textiles, and power generation and transmission. He has also represented creditor constituents in various restructuring transactions. Doak holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School; a law degree cumlaude from Harvard Law School; and a bachelor’s degree magnacumlaude from Harvard University.
