Blackhill Partners appointed Justin O’Malley as vice president. O’Malley joins Blackhill from Alvarez & Marsal’s North American Commercial Restructuring group.

O’Malley will draw on his deep restructuring, investment banking and financial advisory experience across a broad spectrum of industries including energy, manufacturing, building products, transportation and distribution, retail and specialty finance to advise Blackhill’s clients.

Prior to Alvarez & Marsal, O’Malley held positions on both the buy and sell sides, including at HBK Investments and BMO Capital Markets’ Energy Investment Banking Group. He began his career as a natural gas analyst for Enron North America.

Founded in 2001, Blackhill is active in three main business areas: Energy Restructuring, Investment Banking and Extended Corporate Development.