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GOLDIN ASSOCIATES' PROFESSIONALS
David W. Prager is an experienced financial and restructuring professional who has advised debtors and creditors in both in and out-of-court restructurings and provided interim management, expert testimony and litigation support in major matters. David’s clients have spanned a wealth of industries, with particular concentrations in energy, insurance and telecommunications. He was recently named among “People to Watch in the Restructuring Industry” by Turnaround & Workouts, a professional publication dedicated to the industry.
David recently served as interim chief financial officer and restructuring advisor to Syncora Guarantee, a monoline financial guarantor. In that role, he helped lead the first comprehensive restructuring of a major monoline insurer. The effort was named one of the most successful restructurings of 2009 by Turnarounds & Workouts. Previously, David co-headed Goldin’s engagement as financial advisor to creditors of FGIC, another large monoline insurer.
He was a key member of Goldin’s Adelphia Communications advisory team, where he was responsible for modeling recoveries under the proposed plan and was one of the principal witnesses at the contested confirmation hearing. During the Enron bankruptcy, David investigated and valued highly complex and varied assets and formulated proposals for Enron's reorganization. David’s advisory engagements have included SemGroup LP (financial advisor to creditors’ committee), MxEnergy (advisor to bank group), NorthWestern Corp. (advisor to subordinated creditors) and Loral Space (financial advisor to Examiner).
David was formerly employed at McManus & Miles, an investment bank specializing in the power generation industry. Before that, he was a financial analyst for Guardsmark, one of the largest firms in the corporate security industry.
David is a Certified Financial Analyst (“CFA”) charterholder and is a Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (“CIRA”. He is a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the CFA Institute and the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. David has a B.S. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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