Experience

Rating: 6.4 (Good)

Honors

2024

Analytical Contribution & Excellence (ACE) Award, Fitch Ratings

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Work Experience

2024 - Present

Senior Director, Leveraged Finance, Fitch Ratings

2013 - Present

Attorney, Self Employed Attorney

2018 - 2024

Director, Leveraged Finance, Fitch Ratings

2016 - 2018

Counsel and Credit Analyst, Street Diligence

2014 - 2016

Assistant Vice President and Associate Counsel, Legal Fee Advisors

2012 - 2012

Law Clerk, Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance

2012 - 2012

Law Clerk, Law Office of Stephen New

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Associations

2018 - Present

The Loan Syndications and Trading Association

Member

2014 - 2014

New York City Bar Association

Member

2014 - 2014

New York State Bar Association

Member

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Education

2013

Hofstra University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

2007

Marshall University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2024

U.S. Leveraged Finance: Corporate Recovery Rating Trends Corporate Recovery Rating Trends

2024

Performance, LMTs, & Recoveries in Software/Tech Performance, LMTs, & Recoveries in Software/Tech

2023

Leveraged Finance Credit outlook 2024 Leveraged Finance Credit Fundamentals, Deal and Documentation Trends

2019

Practice Area Forum Finance Law

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Publications

2024

Fitch Ratings Special Report The 2024 Annual Manual (A Primer on the U.S. Leveraged Finance Market)

2024

Fitch Ratings Special Report Fitch 50 Organizational Structures Book 2024 (Corporate Structures for 50 Prominent U.S. Leveraged Issuers)

2023

Fitch Wire U.S. HY Top Market Concern Bond List Grows as Adds Outpace Defaults

2023

Fitch Ratings Special Report The 2023 Annual Manual (A Primer on the U.S. Leveraged Finance Market)

2023

Fitch Wire LIBOR Cessation Could Pressure Funding Costs for Some LL Issuers

2023

Fitch Ratings Special Report Fitch 50 Organizational Structures Book (Corporate Structures for 50 Prominent U.S. Leveraged Issuers)

2023

Fitch Wire U.S. HY Bond Defaults to Rise, Despite Dip in Concern Lists

2023

Fitch Ratings Special Report Leveraged Finance Restructuring Series: U.S., European Liability Management Transactions (Uptiering and Dropdown Transactions Pose Event Risk to Recovery Prospects)

2023

Fitch Ratings Special Report U.S. Leveraged Finance Structure Series: Fitch Frequently Assigns Partial or Full Equity Credit to Preferred Stock (Preferred Instruments Increasingly Prevalent in Issuer Capital Structures)

2023

Fitch Wire U.S. Corporates 2023 First-Lien Recoveries In Line With Previous Stress Years

2023

Fitch Ratings Special Report U.S. Leveraged Finance Restructuring Series: First Lien Ultimate Recoveries (Loan-Only Structures and Liability Management Transactions Depress 2023 Recoveries)

2023

Fitch Ratings Outlook Report U.S. Corporates CLO Sector-Level Outlook 2024

2022

Fitch Ratings Special Report What Investors Want to Know: Growth of Private Debt in the Middle Market (Demand for Private Debt Continues Despite Economic Uncertainty)

2022

Fitch Ratings Special Report Terms & Conditions Series: Asset Sales (Borrowers Have Increasing Flexibility to Divert Proceeds from Reaching Lenders)

2022

Fitch Ratings Special Report Regulator Series: U.S. Middle Market LIBOR Discontinuation (Middle Market Makes Considerable Progress in Transition from LIBOR)

2022

Non-Rating Action Commentary Expansion of Permitted Investment Capacity May Raise Credit Risk

2022

Fitch Ratings Special Report Fitch 50 Organizational Structures Book (Corporate Structures for 50 Prominent U.S. Leveraged Issuers)

2021

Fitch Ratings Special Report Terms & Conditions Series: Automatic Guarantee Release Provisions (Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantee Releases May Impact Creditor Recoveries)

2021

Fitch Ratings Special Report What Investors Want to Know: Middle Market Lending Appetite Intact (Credit Quality Improves after Pandemic Challenges)

2021

Fitch Ratings Special Report Model-Based Credit Opinion EBITDA Adjustments for U.S. Corporates (Most Companies Assigned the Opinion Require Reported EBITDA Adjustments)

2021

Fitch Ratings Special Report Leveraged Finance Structure Series: Bifurcated Unitranche Loan Recoveries

2020

Fitch Ratings Special Report Distressed Debt Exchanges Climb with Coronavirus Crisis (Pandemic-Induced Stress Causing an Increase in DDEs)

2020

Non-Rating Action Commentary Distressed Debt Exchange (DDE) Usage Expected to Rise During Coronavirus Crisis

2020

Fitch Ratings Special Report U.S. Middle-Market Recovery Ratings and the Coronavirus

2020

Fitch Ratings Special Report Recovery Analysis for Recurring Revenue Software Companies (The Increasing Use of Term Loans as a Replacement for Late-Stage Venture Capital)

2020

Non Rating Action Commentary Unsuccessful Distressed Debt Exchanges May Lead to Bankruptcy

2019

Fitch Ratings NRAC Compliance Costs May Curb US Company Foreign Subsidiary Pledges

2019

Fitch Ratings Special Report Structure Series: Unitranche Versus Syndicated Loans (Unitranche Borrowers Eye Simple Execution Despite Variety of Risks)

2019

Fitch Ratings NRAC U.S. Corporate Debt Shows Incremental Increases

2019

Fitch Ratings Special Report What Investors Want to Know: Middle Market Supply and Demand Forces

2018

Fitch Ratings Special Report Incremental Facilities in Focus (Expanding Incremental Capacity May Hinder Recovery Prospects)

2018

Fitch Wire Portability Language May Raise US Leveraged Loan Credit Risk

2018

Fitch Wire HY RP Builder Basket Lacking Debt Test Raises Credit Risk

2015

Legal Fee Advisors Newsletter Attorney Reprimanded For Billing Corporate Client For His Sanctions

2015

Legal Fee Advisors Newsletter Inefficient Billing Results in over 75% Reduction in Attorney Fees

2014

Legal Fee Advisors Newsletter Inefficient and Excessive Billing Results in Attorney Fee Reduction of 70 Percent

2014

Legal Fee Advisors Newsletter New Test for Fee Shifting in Patent Law Suits

2014

Legal Fee Advisors Newsletter Inaccurate Billing Leads to Attorney Disbarment

2014

Legal Fee Advisors Newsletter California Judge Slashes Legal Fees For Excessive and Inefficient Billing

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Languages

English

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