Carlin Adrianopoli

Carlin Adrianopoli co-leads the firm’s Corporate Finance segment in the U.S., and leads the segment’s Turnaround & Restructuring practice globally. Mr. Adrianopoli has more than 25 years of experience in providing financial advisor, interim management and performance improvement services to corporations, various creditor classes, equity owners and directors of underperforming companies.

Mr. Adrianopoli has participated in a wide range of complex restructuring engagements over his career, with industry experience in industrials, consumer products, energy, retail and financial institutions.

Mr. Adrianopoli’s recent notable experience includes serving as financial advisor to Diebold Nixdorf, a global consumer products and retail company. The company successfully restructured its operations through bankruptcy filings in the United States, Netherlands and Canada, with a post-emergence initial public offering (“IPO”). He also recently served as chief transformation officer (“CTO”) of a fitness firm and as co-CTO of a domestic beverage company.

Numerous of the restructuring engagements led by Mr. Adrianopoli have received industry recognition and awards, including Frontier Communications, Peabody Energy, Southeastern Grocers and RadioShack.

Mr. Adrianopoli previously received a 40 Under 40 award from The M&A Advisor. He recently finished his six-year rotation as a board member of Make-A-Wish Illinois.

Relevant Experience:

• Served as executive vice president of strategic planning for Frontier Communications during their 2021 $17.5 billion debt restructuring and successful IPO
• Served as the financial advisor to Peabody Energy during its successful emergence from bankruptcy and IPO
• Served as chief financial officer (“CFO”) of RadioShack, guiding the business through its restructuring process
• Served as chief restructuring officer (“CRO”) of Tactical Holding
• Served as CFO of a health company