Gary Barton

Alvarez & Marsal North America LLC is a consulting firm that specializes in helping companies facing financial and operational challenges. The private company is based in New York, NY, and David James Coles has been the CEO of the company since 1997. The company works with management and stakeholders to preserve value and implement the right solutions. The company has a team of insolvency practitioners with a wide range of experience in taking insolvency appointments for large, complex, cross-border, and mid-sized corporate entities. The company has a strong track record of delivering financial and operational restructurings through insolvency processes and have been appointed to some of the largest and highest-profile insolvencies. Alvarez & Marsal delivers premier consulting services to organizations around the world in the areas of finance, digital, restructuring, private equity, valuations, disputes, and investigations.

Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC engages in acquiring, exploiting, and developing oil and natural gas properties. It serves the automotive, instrumentation, industrial, electronics, and lighting industries. The company was founded by James F. Hagemeier and John G. Hoffman in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Its services include audit and assurance, consulting, deals, human resources, legal, tax, and family business. The firm also offers accountability, risk management, structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and performance and process improvement. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Buffalo, NY.