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.

Jacob Czarnick Managing Director RAYMOND JAMES

Jacob Czarnick is a Managing Director in the Capital Structure Advisory Investment Banking Group of Raymond James. Raymond James’ investment bank is a leading, full-service investment banking platform with 600+ bankers, including 130 managing directors, organized by industry and transaction specialty groups in 20+ offices across the U.S., Canada and Europe.  Since 2017, the firm has completed more than 950 M&A transactions on behalf of clients.  Raymond James’ investment banking revenue has grown from approximately $300 million a decade ago to $1.1 billion each fiscal year of 2021 and 2022, 70% of which was transaction advisory revenue.

Mr. Czarnick has over 20 years of experience advising clients along a range of M&A, financing and restructuring transactions. His experience includes Chapter 11 Plans of Reorganization, out-of-court restructurings, Section 363 asset sales, exchanges offers and rights offerings. Mr. Czarnick has advised clients across a range of industries including the Energy, Power, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Industrials, Metals & Mining, Technology and Consumer industries.

Mr. Czarnick has represented companies in a number of large and complicated restructurings including T.D. Williamson, Bonanza Creek Energy, Novelion Pharmaceuticals, American Energy Utica, Energy XXI, Blackhawk Mining, Calfrac Well Services, James River Coal the Debtor and School Specialty. In addition, Mr. Czarnick has represented creditors in some of the largest and most complicated restructurings including PG&E Corporation, Global Eagle Entertainment, Vanguard Natural Resources, Admiral Permian Resources, American Tire Distributors, VER Technology, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Eastman Kodak and Lehman Brothers.

Mr. Czarnick began his career in 2001 as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston and later Bank of America, covering global energy and healthcare companies. He served as a Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions at Citigroup prior to his graduate education. He most recently spent 11 years in the restructuring group of Perella Weinberg Partners before joining Raymond James in 2021.

Mr. Czarnick graduated cum laude with honors distinction in research with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics from Cornell University. In addition, he graduated from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with an M.B.A. in finance.

Daniel Gurvich Managing Director BEACH POINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Daniel Gurvich is a Managing Director at Beach Point Capital Management, focused on sourcing new investment opportunities and performing fundamental research and company analysis. Mr. Gurvich has been in the industry since 2012. Prior to Beach Point, he was an Associate in Investment Banking at Credit Suisse. Mr. Gurvich received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

Mark Hootnick Partner, Co-Head of Capital Transformation and Debt Advisory SOLOMON PARTNERS

ROLE

Mark Hootnick is a Partner and Co-Head of Solomon Partners’ Capital Transformation and Debt Advisory.

EXPERIENCE

Mark has worked in the restructuring and distressed advisory industry for over 20 years. He has extensive experience guiding distressed companies, their stakeholders and other constituents through a variety of complex, sophisticated transactions, most recently as a Managing Director at Millstein & Co.

Prior to Millstein & Co., Mark served as a Managing Director at Moelis & Co., Gleacher, Imperial Capital and Greenhill & Co. Before joining Greenhill, he was a founding member of Miller Buckfire and an investment banker at Wasserstein, Perella & Co. Mr. Hootnick began his career as an attorney at Kramer Levin.

Mark has represented companies, debtors, creditors, investors and acquirers in transactions involving more than $50 billion in liabilities across an array of sectors. Past clients have included General Motors, American Airlines, LightSquared Communications, ICO Global Communications, Lear Corporation, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Indiana Toll Road and Olympia & York.

EDUCATION

Mark received a JD from New York University School of Law and a BS in Finance, with honors, from Lehigh University.

Kevin O'Neill Director, KKR Credit KKR

Kevin O'Neill (New York) joined KKR in 2018 and is a Director in KKR Credit focusing on governance, workouts and restructurings. Prior to his current role, Mr. O'Neill was an attorney in the bankruptcy & corporate reorganization group of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and prior to that, was a law clerk to the Honorable Shelley C. Chapman of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. O'Neill holds an M.Sc in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.