Scott Alberino is a partner at Akin and represents debtors, official creditor committees, informal creditor groups, equity holders, and other stakeholders in all aspects of corporate liability management, restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. He regularly advises boards of directors of public and private companies on issues facing financially distressed companies, including fiduciary duties, corporate governance and executive compensation. Scott also regularly represents private equity funds, hedge funds and other financial institutions that are acquiring control positions in financially distressed companies and in structuring debtor in possession (DIP) and exit financing.

David has more than 25 years of restructuring experience in providing both interim management and advisory services that span multibillion-dollar to middle-market situations. His experience crosses numerous industries, including retail, healthcare, restaurant, automotive, manufacturing, mining, entertainment, education, and consumer products and services. He has represented companies, secured lenders and unsecured creditors. David is Co-Leader of the Americas Restructuring Practice. David also Co-Leads the Lender Advisory practice advising hedge funds and private credit lenders in distressed situations.   David has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Montclair State University in New Jersey. 

•David is currently leading the team advising At Home in their in-court restructuring.  He recently served as CRO of Franchise Group and previously served as the CRO at Party City.   He led the restructuring of Akumin, Inc an outpatient diagnostic imaging provider and led the team advising Cano Health, a $3B+ healthcare provider and primary care physician network.  

•David has advised hedge funds and private credit lenders at Envision Healthcare, Save-a-Lot, CarbonLite, Outcome Health as well as several other non-public distressed credits.  

•Previously David has served as CRO of mental-health-services provider Bellwether Behavioral Health; as CRO of frac sand producer Preferred Sands; as CRO and interim CFO of RCS Capital Corporation; as CRO of $1.3-billion global automotive and transportation company Mark IV Industries; and as interim CFO and chief operating officer of Malden Mills, creator of Polartec fleece.

•Some of David’s other company representations include financial advisor to Diamond Sports Group, Akorn Pharmaceutical, Bumble Bee tuna and Jack Cooper Transport during their respective in court restructurings.  He served as financial advisor to Crossmark during its successful out of court restructuring and served as financial advisor to ModSpace. 

Mr. Anifowoshe is a Managing Director and Head of Restructuring 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.