LEE E. BUCHWALD
BUCHWALD CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 
380 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10168-1799
Tel:  (212) 551-1040
Fax: (212) 656-1578                                                                     lbuchwald@buchwaldcapital.com
www.buchwaldcapital.com


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 


BUCHWALD CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC, New York, NY                     2001-Present
President

Founder and principal of investment banking firm specializing in financial restructuring advisory services.

  • Managed more than 60 restructuring transactions during an over twenty-five year career in investment banking.
  • Providing senior-level personalized advice to companies, creditors and other parties-in-interest regarding restructurings, acquisitions and dispositions of troubled companies.
  • Serving as court-appointed trustee and providing litigation support and expert testimony.

CHANIN CAPITAL PARTNERS, New York, NY                                       1999-2001
Managing Director

Co-managed New York office of investment bank specializing in financial restructuring advisory services.

  • Achieved an extremely rare full recovery of par plus accrued and penalty interest for noteholders of a financially troubled medical prosthetics manufacturer.
  • Advised noteholders of a Canadian/U.S. metal and waste services company in a complex, cross-border bankruptcy. The noteholders’ recovery percentage is about half as much as that of the secured creditors despite impairment of half a billion dollars suffered by the secured creditors.


SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC., New York, NY                                    1997-1998
Director, Mergers and Acquisitions

Senior investment banker in charge of development and execution of domestic and international restructuring/M&A transactions. Advised corporations regarding financial and corporate restructurings, troubled company acquisitions, strategic business combinations and divestitures.

  • Developed, negotiated and implemented a complex financial restructuring and refinancing plan for $250 million of debt of a decommissioned nuclear power plant in New England which saved the company $2 million in pre-payment penalties.
  • Successfully advised a large apparel retailer through a contentious Chapter 11. Negotiated a consensual resolution in which creditors received their allowed claims and post-petition interest while equity holders retained a controlling interest.

ROTHSCHILD INC., New York, NY                                                         1982-1997
Managing Director, Corporate Finance

Advised clients on financial and operational restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, privatizations, and raising capital through public and private securities placements. Through a broad range of transactions developed extensive knowledge of the aerospace, building products, financial services, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail, steel, transportation and utilities industries.

  • Took a leading role in developing one of the most prominent restructuring practices in the country.
  •  In completing 30 restructuring assignments, became skilled at efficiently analyzing companies’ problems, assessing values, and developing, negotiating and implementing reorganization plans to maximize clients’ recoveries.


SMITH BARNEY, HARRIS UPHAM & COMPANY, INC., New York, NY     1979-1981
Analyst, Public Finance Department

WILLIAM E. HILL & COMPANY, New York, NY                                      1978-1979
Research Associate, Management Consulting

MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC., New York, NY                                        1977-1978
Research Assistant

EDUCATION

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, New York, NY
Master of Business Administration, Finance, 1982
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1978