Before joining AlixPartners, Collins was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Champion Enterprises, Inc., a leader in factory-built construction. As Champion’s chief legal officer based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, he had responsibilities for corporate transactions, acquisitions, capital finance, corporate governance, SEC compliance, business ethics, and litigation.

Prior to that, Collins spent 20 years at the law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, where was a Senior Principal, Managing Director and Resident-in-Charge of the firm’s Bloomfield Hills office (now in Troy). At Miller Canfield, he maintained a practice specializing in business planning and federal tax with a client base of public and private companies involved in manufacturing, communications, sports, and entertainment.

“We are pleased to have someone of John’s caliber join us,” said Michael Grindfors, AlixPartners’ Chief Executive Officer. “He will be an outstanding team member and advisor as we continue to grow our business solving our clients’ challenges around the world.”

Collins holds a bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College and his J.D. with honors from Wayne State University Law School. He received his LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida Law School where he graduated first in his class and was awarded the Mershon Sawyer Award for outstanding scholastic achievement.

For several years, Collins was a faculty member at Wayne State University Law School teaching business planning and tax courses. He also served on the faculty of Walsh College of Business and Accountancy, and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School participating in a class on crisis management for the general counsel. He is a Past-Chairperson of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He has been a frequent speaker and presenter and has authored and co-authored numerous articles and publications in the fields of taxation, business, planning, and mergers and acquisitions.

About AlixPartners
AlixPartners is a global performance improvement, corporate turnaround and financial advisory services firm. 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, and sales and marketing), to financial advisory services (financial reporting, corporate governance and investigations), to technology-enabled restructuring and claims management. Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, the firm has more than 600 employees 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.