Mr. Adam L. Dunayer

Adam L. Dunayer is a managing director in Houlihan Lokey?s Financial Restructuring Group in Dallas, where he leads the firm?s regional financial restructuring and distressed-company M&A efforts. He has nearly 20 years of experience consummating transactions and providing strategic advice to companies and creditors in connection with in- and out-of-court financial restructurings, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. He also has experience raising debt and equity capital in public and private markets. Mr. Dunayer?s experience spans such industries as consumer products, food, health care, building products, energy, general industrial, telecom and technology. His recent engagements include Quicksilver Resources (company), TNT Crane (secured creditors), Chuck E. Cheese (secured creditors), Alert 360 (company), Pilgrim?s Pride (equity committee), Jack Cooper (company), Taco Bueno (company), Dental One (company), Pioneer Energy Services (company) and Parker Drilling (creditors). He speaks frequently on trends and issues in restructuring, distressed M&A and other topics, and has testified as an expert witness on a variety of bankruptcy and restructuring issues. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Dunayer was a managing director with Bear, Stearns & Co. and was an executive vice president and chief financial officer with Miller Industries, where he also served as president of the company?s largest subsidiary. He is a member of ABI and the Turnaround Management Association, and is registered with FINRA as a General Securities Principal (Series 7, 24 and 63). Mr. Dunayer received his B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.