Steven D. Simms

Steven Simms is the Global Leader of the Turnaround & Restructuring practice. Mr. Simms specializes in assisting clients with financial restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity financings, strategic planning, and business valuation.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Simms was a Managing Director in the Ernst & Young Corporate Finance practice. Before that, he worked in the Middle Market Banking Division of a New York-based money center bank, providing financing to companies in various industries for acquisitions, recapitalizations, capital expansion and internal growth.

Mr. Simms is a Certified Turnaround Professional (“CTP”) and previously held National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) registered Licenses 7, 24 and 63 with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance from 2001 to 2004.

A representative list of companies that are part of Mr. Simms’ extensive experience include: A&P; AMF Bowling; Bally Total Fitness; Big Lots; BI-LO; Blockbuster; Boston Chicken; Brooks Brothers; Buffets; Caesars Entertainment; California Pizza Kitchen; Calpine; Casa Systems; Cengage; Chemtura; Chesapeake Energy; Chuck E Cheese Entertainment; Cineworld; Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Dhanani Group; DiTech; Eagle Food Centers; Energy Future Holdings; Exco Resources; Fazoli’s; Fleming Companies; Fresh & Easy; FTX Trading Limited; General Growth Properties; Hawker Beechcraft; Hercules Offshore; iHeart; Interstate Bakeries; Luby’s Cafeterias; Malden Mills; Millennium Health; Muzak; Nextel International; Nine West Group; Outcome Health; Overseas Shipping Group; Payless; Penn Traffic; Perkins; Pier 1 Imports; Purdue Pharmaceutical; Purestar; Real Mex; Rex Energy; Rock & Republic; Ruby Tuesday’s; Samson Resources; Sears; Steward Health Systems; Sungard; TopGolf; Toys R Us; Voyager Digital; Washington Mutual; Washington Prime Group; Westmoreland Coal; Winn Dixie; World Kitchen; and YUM! Brands.