Holtz, Alan D.
aholtz@alixpartners.com
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For over 21 years, Alan has advised on all aspects of the financial restructuring process, including bankruptcy planning, business planning and analysis, cash management, operational improvement, creditor information management, valuation and the structuring and negotiation of plans of reorganization. He has provided these services to companies and their management and directors, and also to financial institutions and creditors’ committees, across a wide variety of industries.
Alan has been involved in dozens of major restructurings and out-of-court workouts. Recent clients include a privately held paper manufacturer going through a prepackaged restructuring and the Official Creditors’ Committee of (Chicago) Tribune Company. During 2007, he led a restructuring team at Remy International, a Tier 1 automotive supplier that restructured through a landmark 59-day prepackaged Chapter 11. The Turnaround Management Association (TMA) has recognized Alan and the AlixPartners team with its Large Company Transaction of the Year award for 2008 for the successful Remy restructuring.
Highlights of Alan’s prior experience include: Barney’s, Borden Chemicals & Plastics, Charys, Dana, Eastern Air Lines, Enron, KB Toys, Metallgesellschaft, Payless Cashways, Pillowtex, Popeye’s and USG.
Alan received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is currently the Chairman and past President of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA) and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. Alan is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a frequent speaker and author on the subject of corporate restructuring.