Distressed Investment Banking - To the Abyss and Back

This book is the definitive work on distressed investment banking by two widely

acknowledged leaders in this field. Dealing with the restructuring of troubled

companies, an insider's view is provided on the methods and complexities of this

fascinating area of investment banking. It demystifies what investment bankers

really do and conveys difficult concepts in easily understandable terms. Particular

focus is directed to unconflicted advice to boards of directors interested in

recoveries of shareholders.

 
PETER S. KAUFMAN is President and Head of Restructuring and Distressed M&A at the New York-based investment bank of Gordian Group, LLC. He has more than 35 years' experience in the business of solving complex financial challenges as an investment banker and, formerly, as an attorney. Mr. Kaufman is the founding Co-Chairman of the Committee on Investment Banking of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI). He is the coauthor, with Henry Owsley, of Equity Holders Under Siege: Strategies and Tactics for Distressed Businesses (Beard Books 2014), Distressed Investment Banking: To the Abyss and Back (Beard Books, 2005) and The Role of the Investment Banker in Distressed M&A, Bankruptcy Business Acquisitions (LexMed Publishing, 1998). He has consistently been named one of the ten leading national investment bankers in financial restructurings by The Deal. Mr. Kaufman graduated with honors from Yale College and received a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.