Kevin Asarnow is an Executive Director at RPA, specializing in financial and turnaround advisory services to companies and creditors in distressed situations across a broad universe of industries. He has consulted on enterprise valuation, restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, hedging strategies, business plan development and liquidity forecasting. Mr. Asarnow has extensive experience advising boards on merger and acquisitions processes and has led secured lenders through several asset takeover transactions. His restructuring experience also includes advising clients throughout the capital structure in complex debt restructuring transactions, both in-court and out-of-court.
Mr. Asarnow served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Bruin E&P Partners, in which he was responsible for the company’s turnaround and successful sale. He was also a member of the Board of Directors for Grizzly Energy upon its emergence from bankruptcy.
Prior to joining RPA Advisors, Mr. Asarnow began his career as an analyst with Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, where he performed credit and recovery analysis on highly leveraged transactions throughout the consumer products sector. Mr. Asarnow later went on to become a Director at Capstone Advisory Group, a restructuring and turnaround consulting firm.
Mr. Asarnow holds a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University.
Industry Experience
- Consumer Products and Apparel
- Food and Agriculture
- Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
- Infrastructure and Energy
- Manufacturing, Metals and Mining
- Telecommunications
Selected Cases
- Allied Nevada Gold Corp
- Aventine Renewable Energy
- Diebold Nixdorf
- Indiana Toll Road
- Midway Gold Corp
- Pacific Ethanol
- Private – Broadband Provider
- Private – Direct Mail Company
- Private – Life Sciences & Diagnostics Co.
- Private – Professional Services Firm
- Private – Media Software Provider
- Private – Skincare Manufacturer
- SH 130 Toll Road
- Solar Trust of America
- Talen Energy
- Tupperware Brands
- Vanguard Natural Resources