Noah Charney Managing Director and Head of Capital Solutions KING STREET

Noah Charney is a Managing Director and Head of Capital Solutions on the US Capital Markets team at King Street. He is based in New York and is a member of the US Investment Committee.

Prior to joining King Street in 2013, Noah was an Analyst at Trilogy Capital. Before joining Trilogy Capital, Noah held analyst positions at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group and GoldenTree Asset Management. Noah began his career at Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation.

Noah received a B.A. in Economics from Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Jason New Managing Director LAZARD

Jason New is a Managing Director in the Restructuring & Liability Management Group and a Vice Chairman of Investment Banking.

Prior to joining Lazard, Jason was the co-founder of NovaWulf Management and previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Onex Credit Partners, a $25 billion alternative credit manager which is wholly-owned by Onex Corporation.

Prior to joining Onex, Jason spent 15 years at Blackstone, where he was a Senior Managing Director and Global Co-Head of Distressed and Special Situation Investing for GSO Capital Partners (“GSO”, n/k/a Blackstone Credit). Jason was an original partner of GSO and a member of the firm’s Management and Investment Committees. Jason was the Senior Portfolio Manager on several GSO funds and separately managed accounts. Before joining GSO in 2005, Jason was a senior member of the Distressed Group at Credit Suisse and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. Jason started his career as an attorney at Sidley Austin.

Jason has originated numerous transactions and invested billions of capital in the public and private debt, structured credit and public and private equity markets. Jason has served on the boards of over a dozen public and private companies including Cheniere Energy, Momentive Performance Materials, Sorenson Communication, and Eastman Kodak.

Jason has been a frequent speaker on many aspects of the credit and distressed markets. Jason has been actively involved in many of the largest Chapter 11s in history. Jason has led distressed and restructuring transactions in the U.K., Europe and Latin America.

Jason holds a B.A. from Allegheny College and a J.D. from Duke University, where he is a member of the Board of Visitors.

Benjamin Rhode Partner ROPES & GRAY

Benjamin Rhode is a partner in Ropes & Gray’s business restructuring group. Benjamin’s practice focuses on all aspects of corporate restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. Benjamin advises public and private companies, boards, financial sponsors and distressed investors in complex domestic and international distressed situations, including out-of-court liability management transactions, in-court chapter 11 proceedings and distressed acquisitions. Benjamin’s experience spans a broad range of industries, including automotive, retail, oil & gas, health care, communications, gaming and media & entertainment.

Damon Yousefy Managing Director ALVAREZ & MARSAL

Damon Yousefy is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC in Dallas. He specializes in advising clients on tax issues of debt restructurings, bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions and internal restructurings.

Mr. Yousefy has worked with clients across a range of industries, including financial services, technology, mining, oil and gas, consumer products, manufacturing, shipping, automotive and healthcare.•With more than 11 years of experience, Mr. Yousefy has advised clients in 30+ complex debt restructuring and bankruptcy matters, including the bankruptcy tax modeling and tax structuring for a radio company with $16 billion in debt, a mattress company with $2+ billion in debt and a mining company with $1.5+ billion in debt.

Mr. Yousefy also brings extensive M&A experience, specifically in tax due diligence, tax structuring, basis step-up modeling, international tax, legal entity rationalization, internal restructurings, carve-outs, spinoffs, sell-side offerings and joint ventures. He has led engagements such as the $8 billion simultaneous acquisition and structuring of two label companies purchased by a leading private equity firm; the merger of two nationally known publicly traded beverage companies worth $19 billion; and the sale of a nationally known cosmetics brand to a global conglomerate for approximately $1 billion.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Yousefy spent over five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Mergers & Acquisitions Tax practice, where he most recently served as Director. He began his career in New York in the Transaction Tax practice of Ernst & Young LLP.

Mr. Yousefy earned a BBA in business (cum laude) from Baylor University and an MBA in finance and a J.D. (cum laude) from Indiana University. He is a licensed attorney and a member of the New York State Bar.

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).