Jaspinder Kanwal Senior Vice President JEFFERIES LLC

Jaspinder is a senior investment banker at Jefferies LLC.  He joined the firm in 2011 and has over a decade of experience focused on debt advisory, liability management, special situations financing and M&A transactions, having completed over 50 assignments for companies, creditors, and investors representing over $100 billion in aggregate transaction value.  

Jaspinder recently advised Pipeline Health System on its successful chapter 11 restructuring, which included the sale of its Illinois hospitals and was named 2023 Large Company Restructuring Transaction of the Year by TMA.  He also advised the ad hoc group of senior noteholders of Quorum Health hospital system on its $1.4 billion pre-arranged chapter 11 restructuring and take-private transaction in 2020. 

Jaspinder has been recognized by Business Insider as one of 25 Wall Street Rising Stars of in investing, trading and dealmaking and named on 40 under 40 lists by Global Restructuring Review and Private Debt Investor amongst rising stars in the fields of restructuring and private debt, respectively.  Mr. Kanwal was a recent panelist at TMA’s annual distressed investing conference on trending liability management tactics.  

Mr. Kanwal has a B.S. from Bucknell University with a dual major in Cell Biology/Biochemistry and Economics with a concentration in finance.

Daun Chung Partner MTS HEALTH PARTNERS

Daun Chung is a partner with MTS Health Partners. He joined the firm in 2023 and has extensive experience advising companies and stakeholders in complex restructuring & recapitalization transactions with over 15 years of experience. Mr. Chung’s background also includes representations in municipal restructurings, M&A and general corporate finance advisory transactions. Prior to joining MTS, he was a Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities, a Partner at Milstein & Co., and a member of the restructuring group at Lazard. Mr. Chung graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in Economics and holds a J.D./MBA from New York University School of Law/Stern School of Business.

Brendan Ballou Special Counsel, Author U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ANTITRUST DIVISION, PLUNDER: PRIVATE EQUITY's PLAN TO PILLAGE AMERICA

Brendan Ballou is a federal prosecutor and served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division.  Previously, he worked in private practice, and before that, in the National Security Division of the Justice Department, where he advised the White House on counterterrorism and other policies.  He graduated from Columbia University and Stanford Law School.

Bobby Groat Principal BLUE OWL

Bobby Groat is a Principal at Blue Owl and member of the Liquid Credit Investment Team. In his role, he focuses on investments in broadly syndicated loans and non-investment grade credit within the Healthcare sector.

Before joining Blue Owl, Bobby was a Director at Barclays Capital in New York. Prior to that, he was a Senior Research Analyst with Symphony Asset Management, a subsidiary of Nuveen & TIAA-CREF, where he also focused on investments in non-investment grade credit. Bobby began his career at Jefferies as a non-publishing credit research analyst.

Bobby received his BA in Economics and BA in German from the University of Michigan.

Madalina Iacob Deputy Managing Editor DEBTWIRE

Madalina Iacob is a senior distressed debt reporter for Debtwire, covering the energy sector and telecommunications. She writes breaking news stories and analytical articles on distressed borrowers and debtors including Energy Future Holdings, ATP Oil & Gas, Samson Resources, Patriot Coal and Nortel. She received a M.A. in Business and Economic Reporting from New York University and a M.A. in European Politics & Policy from Manchester University, UK, where she was an Open Society Foundation/George Soros scholarship recipient.