Dan Williams has over 30 years of experience as a nationally recognized restructuring professional. He has advised numerous underperforming companies in a variety of industries through the restructuring and recapitalization process. Mr. Williams is frequently contacted by secured lenders, creditor constituents, or debtors to assist their portfolio companies in the development of strategic and restructuring alternatives. His experience includes serving as lead partner on numerous restructuring, corporate finance, bankruptcy, and turnaround engagements. He has also served as a court-appointed trustee in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases, Examiner, Examiner with expanded powers for the purpose of investigating fraud, expert witness, and Section 702 expert (Judge’s expert) in bankruptcy court.
Mr. Williams has assisted various constituents in identifying solutions to complex operational and financial issues and has led highly successful restructuring teams that have created significant value. As part of this work, he has been active in the restructuring of billions in debt and equity capital, and has also provided business audit, management, and operational consulting services to construction, retail, wholesale distribution, hotel and hospitality, real estate, insurance, and other emerging businesses.
Mr. Williams is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Arizona. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Arizona. Previously, Mr. Williams was the Phoenix Office Managing Partner as well as the Regional Consulting Head at RSM, Arizona’s second-largest accounting firm. Additionally, he was Deloitte’s US Managing Partner of Restructuring and served as the Regional Managing Partner at Arthur Andersen, responsible for the Central and West Region Global Corporate Finance Group.