Charles Tricomi Head of Leveraged Loan Research XTRACT

Charles has served as Head of Leveraged Loan Research at Xtract since 2016.  Previously, he was engaged in the practice of law for more than thirty years, most recently as a partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.  In serving as counsel to domestic and foreign commercial banks, investment banking firms and corporations, he specialized in negotiating and documenting commercial and bank finance arrangements, including secured and unsecured acquisition, leveraged, working capital and letter of credit financings and liquidity facilities.    

Judge David S. Jones United States Bankruptcy Judge SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

David S. Jones was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York on February 19, 2021. 

Judge Jones received his A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1985 and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1990. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Morris E. Lasker, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, from 1990 through 1992. Judge Jones was in private practice in New York from 1992 through 1996. From 1996 until he was appointed to the bench, Judge Jones served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and at different times served as the Chief of the  U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Tax and Bankruptcy Unit; the Office’s Chief Civil Appellate Attorney; and Deputy Chief of the Civil Division. He was awarded the Justice Department’s Director’s Award and the New York City Bar Association’s Henry L. Stimson Medal, among other awards. Judge Jones also served as an instructor at the National Advocacy Center, and an evaluator of U.S. Attorney’s Offices throughout the nation.

Matthew M. Roose Partner ROPES & GRAY

Matt represents official and unofficial creditors' and equity committees in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. He also represents significant creditors, lenders and third-party purchasers in connection with chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructuring situations.

Experience:

• Representing an ad hoc group of senior secured noteholders and convertible noteholders of Quotient Limited, a publicly-listed European-based diagnostics company, with respect to, among other things, its pending chapter 11 case and recapitalization involving more than $250 million of secured and unsecured debt.
• Representing an ad hoc group of first lien lenders of K&N Engineering, Inc., a leading consumer-branded designer, manufacturer and marketer of high performance automotive and power sports aftermarket parts, in a $60 million new money financing in connection with its out of court restructuring of approximately $415 million of funded indebtedness.
• Represented an ad hoc group of bondholders of Exela Technologies, Inc. with respect to, among other things, an out of court exchange involving approximately $1.0 billion of first lien bond debt, and a subsequent exchange of $1.3 billion of first lien bond debt.
• Represented Aleris Corporation in the chapter 11 cases of Real Industry.*
• Represented an ad hoc group of noteholders of Forbes Energy Services.*
• Represented Goldman Sachs Asset Management as sponsor of Constellation Enterprises, a chapter 11 debtor.*
• Represented Fidelity Management & Research Co. in the chapter 11 cases of Energy Future Holdings, Inc.*
• Represented ad hoc group of noteholders of Forbes Energy Services in pre-packaged chapter 11 plan.*
• Represented Appaloosa, Centerbridge, Owl Creek, and Aurelius in the chapter 11 cases of Washington Mutual, Inc.*
• Represented Centerbridge, Paulson, and Blackstone in the purchase of Extended Stay, Inc., a chapter 11 debtor.*
• Represented Ascribe Capital and Phoenix Investments in the out-of-court restructuring of Alion Science and Technology Co.*
• Represented an ad hoc group of noteholders in connection with Georgia Gulf Corp.’s debt for equity exchange.*
• Represented an ad hoc group of first lien debt holders in the chapter 11 cases of Merisant Co.*
• Represented the independent directors in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Innkeepers USA Trust.*
• Represented the Equity Committee in connection with the chapter 11 cases of Calpine Corp.*
• Represented the New York Liquidation Bureau and the NYS Department of Financial Services in connection with the $2.1 billion mortgage backed securities settlement between MBIA and Bank of America.*
• Represented the NYS Department of Financial Services in connection with the restructuring of monoline insurers (Syncora, FGIC, MBIA, and CIFG).*

*Completed prior to joining Ropes & Gray.

Wariz Anifowoshe Director - Special Situations FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP

Mr. Anifowoshe is a Director in the Fortress Credit Funds Business’ Corporate Loan and Securities group. Since joining Fortress in 2020, Mr. Anifowoshe has focused on special situations, restructurings, and distressed debt across the Fortress platform. Prior to joining Fortress, Mr. Anifowoshe was a Vice President in the Restructuring and Debt Advisory group at Evercore where he advised debtors, lenders, and sponsors on a broad range of restructuring, bankruptcy, capital raising, and liability management transactions across multiple industries. Mr. Anifowoshe began his financial career in capital markets at Barclays in New York, where he focused on fixed income products for institutional clients. Mr. Anifowoshe received his B.A. from Yale University, his J.D. from Columbia Law School, and his MBA from Columbia Business School.

Matt Rahmani Executive Director PERELLA WEINBERG PARTNERS

• Mr. Rahmani is an Executive Director in Perella Weinberg Partners’ Advisory business. He focuses on advising companies, creditor groups, and investors on corporate restructurings, financings, M&A and other transactions. 
• During his tenure at Perella Weinberg Partners, Mr. Rahmani has advised a wide range of companies and boards, including Concordia International, Del Monte, EB Holdings, Halcon Resources, iHeartMedia, Oasis Petroleum, and Vantage Drilling. Mr. Rahmani also has experience representing creditor groups, unsecured creditor committees, and investors both in-court and out-of-court, including on transactions involving Celsius Networks, Diamond Offshore, Hexion, Ocean Rig, Peabody, Pyxus, Salt Creek Midstream, Savers, Travel Leaders Group, and VER Technologies. 
• Prior to joining Perella Weinberg Partners, Mr. Rahmani was at CIT Group from 2012 to 2016 where he invested in middle-market private debt and syndicated loans in the TMT and Gaming sectors. He began his career at Deloitte, participating in a rotation program through the strategy consulting and financial advisory groups. 
• Mr. Rahmani received a Bachelor’s of Science, with a double major in Accounting and Finance from Yeshiva University.  Mr. Rahmani currently holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and was previously a CPA in NY

Leonard Klingbaum Partner ROPES & GRAY

Leonard Klingbaum is co-head of Ropes & Gray’s global capital solutions and private credit group and actively participates in the firm’s finance group. Leonard’s practice focuses on event driven and opportunistic financing transactions, as well as special situations, workouts, restructurings and insolvency matters. He routinely represents participants in all aspects of the capital solutions' arena, including distressed investing, strategic lending, loan-to-own, and restructuring matters. He has represented lenders (credit funds) and borrowers in direct lending, high yield, and mezzanine transactions, from the lower middle market to large cap transactions. He also acts on behalf of public and private corporate clients as general finance counsel.

Leonard has been recognized by The Legal 500 (United States), where clients recognize him as “diligent and hardworking" and "adept at locating problems and finding solutions.” Additionally, IFLR 1000 ranks him as “highly regarded,” and he has been recognized by the Turnaround Management Association with a Transaction of the Year award. Leonard also has been ranked by Chambers USA as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2021-2023).