K. Brad HayesSenior Vice President
Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC
Chicago, IL
+1 312.595.8519
Corporate Recovery
- More than 10 years of experience in restructuring and client financial advisory services
- Experience includes bankruptcy, financial and operational restructurings, due diligence, merger and acquisition advisory, corporate financial reporting, business plans and strategic analyses and litigation support
- Industry experience includes aerospace and defense, automotive, chemicals, electronics, healthcare, industrial products, information technology, manufacturing and distribution, media and entertainment, metals, printing and publishing and software
Due Diligence
- Has led numerous due diligence teams in buy- and sell-side transactions for both strategic and financial buyers and sellers
- Extensive experience advising clients in a transaction setting, including analysis related to quality of earnings, working capital requirements, post-closing working capital disputes, customer and product profitability, unrecorded liabilities, balance sheet and cash flow analysis, capital expenditures, projection and business plan reviews and valuation matters
Operations and Performance Improvement
- Provides financial advisory services involving business organizations seeking to enhance performance or experiencing significant financial and operating difficulties
Litigation, Investigative and Intelligence Services
- Provides assistance in support of fraudulent conveyance and other avoidance actions and restructuring-related litigation
- Previously served as a manager in the Transaction Services practice and Senior Associate in the Audit practice at KPMG, LLP
- Certified Public Accountant, Illinois
- Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA)
- Contributor to Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor Journal
- Managed engagement team which earned two 2010 Turnaround Awards from The M&A Advisor in the Distressed M&A Deal of the Year (below $100 million) and the Media, Entertainment or Telecom categories for work on the acquisition of Sun-Times Media Group
- B.S., Indiana University
- M.B.A., The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
- American Bankruptcy Institute, member
- Turnaround Management Association, member
- Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, member
- Ladder Up, Associate Board of Directors, associate director

