Mr. Colin McNeill Adams

Colin McNeill Adams is a managing director at Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC in New York and heads its Distressed and Special Situations Group, which focuses on transactions in the U.S., U.K. and Europe. His recent transactions have included a first-of-its-kind $150 million receivables fi- nancing for Skillsoft Corp., the restructuring of an approximately $90 million senior secured loan for Colt Defense LLC, and the refinancing of Mood Media's unsecured convertible notes with new securities issued by that company's European parent. He is also on the Management Committee for Morgan Stanley's Fixed Income lending businesses. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Adams was a managing director with Citadel Securities, where he acted as a financial advisor to compa- nies and creditor groups in both in- and out-of-court restructurings. Prior to this, he was a partner in the Restructuring Group of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Mr. Adams received his A.B. in history and economics from Duke University and his J.D. with a certificate in business law from the University of California Los Angeles.