David Burns joins Imperial Capital, LLC as a Senior Vice President in Restructuring & Recapitalization

LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2017 -- Imperial Capital, LLC ("Imperial") announced that David Burns has joined the firm as a Senior Vice President in Restructuring & Recapitalization in the Investment Banking Group.  He is based in New York.

With over 15 years of experience in complex financial restructuring, distressed M&A, and special situations financing, Mr. Burns joins Imperial Capital following three years of independent consulting, advising clients on internal reorganization, international expansion, process improvement, governance and risk management, and corporate development.  Mr. Burns’ previous advisory experience includes time at Greenhill & Co., LLC, Merrill Lynch’s Global Special Situations Group, and Houlihan Lokey.  Prior to this, Mr. Burns practiced law in the business reorganization department of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae in New York, and served as law clerk to the Hon. Leif M. Clark, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Texas.

“We are thrilled to have David join us in New York as we continue to expand Imperial’s national Restructuring practice, focusing on advising middle market companies, sponsors, hedge funds, BDCs, and bank lenders involved in distressed and special situations,” said Robert Warshauer, Co-Head of Imperial’s Restructuring & Recapitalization group. 

"Imperial has built a distinctive platform that combines restructuring advisory with mid-market capital markets expertise," said Mr. Burns. “I am excited to pursue new opportunities in the restructuring space as part of Imperial’s established and committed team, whose creativity and dedication to client service in challenging circumstances has been demonstrated repeatedly.”

Mr. Burns holds a BA from Vassar College (Phi Beta Kappa), a JD from the University of Texas School of Law, and an LLM from the University of Edinburgh.

About Imperial Capital, LLC

Imperial Capital, founded in 1997, is a full-service investment bank offering a uniquely integrated platform of comprehensive services to institutional investors and middle market companies. We offer sophisticated sales and trading services to institutional investors and a wide range of investment banking advisory, capital markets and restructuring services to middle market corporate clients. Paired with our proprietary research and sales & trading desk analysis, we provide investment analysis across an issuer's capital structure, including bank loans, debt securities, the hybrid/bank capital marketplace (through our ELP Framework), post-reorganization equities, special situations claims and listed and unlisted equities. Our comprehensive and integrated service platform, expertise across the global capital structure, and deep industry sector knowledge enable us to provide clients with research driven ideas, superior advisory services, and trade execution. We are quick to identify opportunities under any market conditions and we have a proven track record of offering creative, proprietary solutions to our clients.  More information about Imperial Capital can be found at www.imperialcapital.com.

For more information regarding Imperial Capital, please contact:

Tigist Gessesse 
Corporate Finance Manager
(310) 246-3605
[email protected]