AlixPartners Named ‘Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year’ by The M&A Advisor
NEW YORK (Feb. 28, 2008) – AlixPartners LLP, the global restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory firm, today announced that it has been named “Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year” by The M&A Advisor, a leading information and publishing company focused on the mergers and acquisitions, distressed investing and related financial industries.
AlixPartners also received an award for the “Industrial Turnaround of the Year” for the firm’s work with Solo Cup Co., a leading manufacturer of disposable foodservice products. AlixPartners, along with its client Remy International Inc., was also nominated for “Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year.” The awards were presented to AlixPartners at The M&A Advisor Annual Distressed Investing Conference and Turnaround Awards Conference, recently held in Palm Beach, Fla.
“The AlixPartners team is honored to be chosen by The M&A Advisor as this year’s recipient of ‘Turnaround Consulting Firm of the Year,’” said Peter Fitzsimmons, co-president of AlixPartners. “To be recognized among such distinguished company is a true testament to the hard work, intellectual capital and unique solutions and services that our seasoned consultants bring to every engagement.”
David Garfield, a managing director of AlixPartners and leader of the firm’s Solo Cup engagement, said, “We are delighted by the dramatic results our team achieved in collaboration with Solo Cup’s management team and their business partners at Vestar Capital Partners. Solo Cup’s success demonstrates our definition of ‘performance improvement’ and we are gratified to be recognized for this outcome.”
About AlixPartners
AlixPartners is a global restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory-services firm that helps its large and middle-market corporate clients achieve improved outcomes when it really matters. The AlixPartners’ “one-stop-shop” suite of services range from operational performance improvement and financial restructuring across all major corporate disciplines (manufacturing, supply chain, IT, sales and marketing, etc.), to financial advisory services (financial reporting, corporate governance and investigations, and litigation consulting), to technology-enabled claims management. Headquartered in Michigan, the firm has more than 700 employees with offices in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Düsseldorf, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo. It is on the Web at www.alixpartners.com. |