Managing Director, Turnaround & Restructuring
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Walk me through a restructuring you led where you had to bring disparate stakeholders to agreement.
What they are checking: Whether they have led the hard part of restructuring, which is aligning lenders, equity, management and boards.
Tell me about a restructuring alternative you recommended that wasn't the obvious one. Why did you choose it?
What they are checking: Whether their view on restructuring concepts comes from real experience and judgment, as the posting asks.
How have you built relationships with restructuring lawyers, bankers and lenders that led to new engagements?
What they are checking: Whether they can generate work through the referral network that drives most restructuring business.
How do you develop the directors and senior associates on your team during a fast-moving case?
What they are checking: Whether they teach while leading, which keeps the practice deep enough to staff future cases.
What would you do
How do you approach negotiating a waiver or amendment with a lender group that's split on what to do?
What they are checking: Whether they can read different creditor incentives and structure terms that a majority will accept.
The company's board wants to run a 363 sale, but management believes a standalone plan creates more value. How do you advise?
What they are checking: Whether they can weigh value, speed, cost and recoveries while staying independent from either side.
How do you manage a work plan when the deadlines are set by a court or a lender and can't move?
What they are checking: Whether they can run a complex engagement on fixed dates without letting deliverable quality slip.
About the work
What provisions in a credit agreement do you look at first when a company is approaching a covenant breach?
What they are checking: Whether they understand financial covenants, cure rights, baskets and default triggers well enough to protect the client.
How do you review a team's 13-week cash flow and business plan before it goes to lenders?
What they are checking: Whether they know where these models break and can catch errors that would cost credibility in front of creditors.
Explain how you would think about recoveries across the capital structure in a distressed situation.
What they are checking: Whether they understand priority, collateral and valuation and how they shape who gets paid.
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