GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, added Wayne P. Weitz and Coral M. Hansen to the firm’s growing Bankruptcy & Restructuring and Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support practices.
Weitz joins as a principal based in New York, and Hansen joins as a senior managing director based in Los Angeles.
Weitz is a Certified Turnaround Professional with more than 30 years in financial and operational restructuring, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions and complex bondholder litigation for the healthcare, real estate, energy and automotive dealer sectors. He rejoins GlassRatner from Hammond Hanlon Camp, where he served as managing director and Restructuring Practice leader. Weitz co-leads the firm’s New York practice along with Tom Buck.
Hansen is a veteran advisor with more than 28 years specializing in forensic accounting, litigation support, expert witness testimony and fraud investigations for both the public and private sectors. She joins GlassRatner from CBIZ MHM where she served as Managing Director in the firm’s Corporate Recovery Services division.
“Wayne and Coral are both highly regarded in their respective fields and have served as trusted advisors in our industry for several decades,” said Ian Ratner, principal and CEO, GlassRatner.
“Wayne is a strong leader and a highly-skilled practitioner who has been a friend to me and to GlassRatner for over 25 years. He is valuable addition to our expanded firm and we are delighted to welcome him back. Coral is also a known talent in our industry. We have worked with and across the table from her on many cases over the years and we are pleased to have her on our team as we continue to build upon our core business.”
Weitz is focused on advising troubled companies and stakeholders in and out of bankruptcy in domestic and cross-border situations. He specializes in debtor and borrower advisory services, secured and unsecured creditor advisory services, offshore and cross-border insolvency, valuation, litigation support and statutory and ad hoc committees. Weitz helped establish GlassRatner’s original presence in New York in 2009 and has served as managing director with other restructuring advisory firms including EisnerAmper and Gavin/Solmonese. Prior to his career in restructuring, he held several corporate positions with responsibilities spanning capital allocation, strategic planning, international acquisitions, valuation of potential acquisitions and investments and deal execution. He began his career as an investment banker and completed nearly 100 acquisitions, dispositions and capital formation transactions.
Hansen advises clients and counsel on complex business disputes involving the investigation, evaluation and quantification of economic damages. Hansen began her career with Ernst & Young providing auditing, consulting, fraud analysis and internal control reporting services. Hansen has held various senior and executive level corporate leadership roles over the course of her career including chief financial officer, vice president of Finance, and corporate controller for a range of small and mid-sized publicly-traded companies. She is a certified public accountant, a certified fraud examiner, certified in financial forensics and is accredited in Business Valuation.
