Awards & Recognition

Zahara Kassam, Managing Director in our Real Estate Solutions practice, was recognized in The Consulting Report’s Top 25 Travel and Hospitality Consultants and Leaders of 2024 list. In an industry where customer experience is paramount and market trends can change seasonally, travel and hospitality consulting requires a unique combination of strategic foresight, operational experience and cultural understanding.

FTI Consulting's Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment received two awards at M&A Advisor's 15th Annual International M&A Awards: Restructuring Deal of the Year (Over $1B) for the restructuring of Diebold Nixdorf Holding Company, LLC and Cross Border Restructuring of the Year for the restructuring of McDermott International.

Senior Managing Director Andrew Morrison was recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leader and Senior Managing Directors David Griffin and Ken Fung were listed as Recommended as part of the Who's Who Legal: Asset Recovery Report 2024.

Olivia Lock, a Director in Corporate Finance & Restructuring, received the Future Leader Award at the 6th Annual IWIRC London Network Anniversary Awards.

Ingrid Rivera Noone, Senior Managing Director, Co-Leader of Real Estate Solutions, was recognized at the U.S.A. Top Women Leaders & Dealmakers Awards by Global M&A Network in 2024. The A-List of the most gifted, well-respected, and intelligent women dealmakers in the U.S. corporate, investment banking, private equity, M&A, and restructuring transactional communities are recognized by the awards program. Importantly, since the dealmaker’s status among her clients, peers, colleagues, and the industry is determined by her knowledge and transactional experience, the award serves as an unambiguous validation of her professional successes.

Ingrid Rivera Noone, Senior Managing Director and Co-Leader of our Real Estate Solutions practice, was named on The Consulting Report’s Top 25 Real Estate Consultants and Leaders of 2024 List. These experts guide developers, investors and corporate real estate departments through important decisions and challenges.

Ashalata Shettigar, Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Real Estate Solutions practice, was named to Marquis Who’s Who 2024 as an Honored Biographical Listee. The publication has unmatched coverage of the lives of today's leaders and achievers from both the U.S. and around the world. With more than two decades of extensive public accounting experience, Ashalata specializes in tax consulting and compliance services to various U.S. private equity funds, real estate companies, real estate opportunity funds, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and various offshore funds, including due diligence assignments.

Ali Lokhandwala and Kevin Martin, Senior Managing Directors in FTI Consulting's Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment and Tanner Kaufman, Managing Director in the Strategic Communications segment, were recognized in The M&A Advisor's 15th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards, which honor professionals under the age of 40 who have made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of M&A, corporate finance and restructuring.

Benjamin Steele, Senior Director in FTI Consulting’s Real Estate Solutions practice, was named to GlobeSt’s CRE’s Aspiring Leaders of 2024. The award honors emerging leaders that have already made significant achievements in the commercial real estate industry and recognizes those with strong leadership qualities under the age of 40.

FTI Consulting received the award for Best M&A Transaction and Strategic Acquisition at the Datacloud Global Awards 2024.

FTI Consulting receive the award for Alternative Energy Solutions Deal of the Year at the ACG Houston 7th Annual Deal of the Year Awards.

Zahara Kassam, Managing Director in FTI Consulting’s Real Estate Solutions practice, was named to GlobeSt.’s CRE’s Women of Influence, Class of 2024 list within the Consultant/Advisor/Independent Professional category. The award honors female CRE professionals for their extraordinary accomplishments and brings attention to those who, through their excellent accomplishments, have profoundly changed the market and elevated the sector to new heights.

Senior Managing Director Matt Gimlett was recognized at Consulting Magazine’s Rising Stars of the Profession Awards 2024 in the Excellence in Leadership category.

Vidhi Talreja, Managing Director in our Real Estate Solutions practice, was recognized as a 2024 NJBIZ Leaders in Finance honoree. The awards recognize financial leaders in New Jersey who contribute to the success of their companies and communities.

FTI Consulting and FTI Capital Advisors were recognized during the 15th Annual Americas & Global Markets M&A Atlas Awards for Global Special Situations M&A Deal of the Year – Lower Mid Markets. FTI Consulting was also recognized for Americas Distressed M&A Deal of the Year – Lower Middle Markets.

FTI Consulting won 12 awards at the 18th Annual Turnaround Awards including Chapter 11 Reorganization or the Year in the $500M-$1B and over $1B categories, Healthcare/Life Sciences Deal of the Year (over $100M) and Restructuring of the Year in the $50M-$100M, $250M-$500M and $1B-$5B categories.

FTI Consulting led the Who’s Who Legal Restructuring & Insolvency 2024 list with 26 professionals named, including five Senior Managing Directors who were designated as Global Elite Thought Leaders: David Griffin, Joseph Hansell, Chris Hill, Andrew Morrison and Greg Watson.

FTI Capital Advisors was awarded the MEA TMT Deal of the Year at the TMT M&A Awards EMEA for advising Zain Group on a major sale and leaseback deal. The awards celebrate excellence in dealmaking and investment in digital infrastructure, technology and telecoms.

FTI Consulting received the award for Corporate Restructuring of the Year at the 2023 LatinFinance Deals of the Year Awards for the firm’s engagement with LATAM Airlines.