Jochen Schmitz Managing Director GREENHILL & CO

Jochen joined Greenhill in 2012 and is a Managing Director in the Financing Advisory and Restructuring Group. Jochen has over 16 years of experience across liability management, recapitalizations, in-court restructurings, mergers and acquisitions as well as debt and equity capital markets and has represented companies, creditors and stakeholders in over 40 transactions representing ~$100 billion of capital.

Jochen began his career in the Energy & Power group of WestLB New York and the Merchant Banking group of FCF in Europe and the Middle East. Jochen also worked in the strategy group of Levi Strauss in Hong Kong. Jochen received his BSc in International Business from HEC Montreal and his MBA from Columbia Business School in conjunction with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Eugene Lee Managing Director LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL

Eugene is a Managing Director in the Capital Advisory Group at Lincoln International. Eugene provides advisory services to sponsors, shareholders, lenders, debtors, bondholders, creditors and court-approved representatives of financially stressed and distressed companies. He has more than 30 years of experience in both advisory and client buy side roles.

Prior to joining Lincoln, Eugene spent 15 years investing with various hedge funds with a focus on stressed and distressed credits. Eugene co-founded and managed Taal Capital, an opportunistic hedge fund that used fundamental analysis to make investments long and short across the capital structure with a focus on event-driven names. Previously, Eugene co-founded and managed Fort Warren Capital, a long/short credit opportunity fund that invested across the capital structure in complex, event-driven, distressed and value-oriented situations. Before that, Eugene was with Regiment Capital, a multi-billion-dollar credit hedge fund that spun out of Harvard Management Company where he led investments in the media, telecom and retail sectors. Prior, Eugene was a Managing Director at GSO Capital where he led investments in the technology, media and telecom, retail and consumer sectors.

Prior to going to the buy side, Eugene was a Managing Director in the Restructuring Group at Evercore Partners where he led many of the firm’s restructuring engagements. Prior to Evercore, he was an Associate at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where he worked on a broad range of client transactions involving high yield, leveraged loans, equity, merchant banking and M&A transactions.

Eugene holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard College and a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Ayse Kelce Reporter DEBTWIRE

Ayse Kelce is a reporter covering restructuring and distressed debt at Debtwire. Her reporting focuses on companies in the technology, media and telecom sectors. Ayse previously wrote about the asset backed securities market, covering asset classes including fiber, data centers, automotives and aircraft.

Ayse received a BA in business journalism and political science from Baruch College.