Paul Crisalli Jr.

Paul’s recent professional experience includes:

• Currently representing the VFN Noteholders of Hertz Vehicle Financing II L.P. in connection with The Hertz Corporation restructuring.
• Currently retained as restructuring advisor to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), one of the largest public utilities in the United States. Paul led a team advising PREPA on matters related to liquidity, cash management, working capital, budgeting and forecasting.
• Advised Advantage Rent-a-Car regarding financial planning and analysis in connection with its assessment of strategic alternatives and development of a restructuring plan.

Prior to joining Ankura, Paul worked in FTI’s Office of the CFO Solutions practice (FTI OCFO) with a focus on finance performance management and treasury solutions. As part of FTI OCFO, Paul led teams that assisted corporate clients with budgeting, forecasting, long-term strategic planning, corporate treasury, data analytics, capital allocation and financing decisions.

Before that, Paul spent 12 years in FTI’s Corporate Finance and Restructuring practice where he advised clients across a variety of industries including insurance, chemicals, automotive, financial services, healthcare, retail and consumer products. Select past engagements include Kodak, LyondellBasell, Delphi, a multi-billion-dollar global tire and rubber company, Ambac, MBIA, CIFG, Syncora, ACA, BluePoint Re Limited, Zenta, NexCen, 2-10 HBW, Refco, AAI Pharma, Le Gourmet Chef and Crown Pacific Partners.

Paul has advised several global financial institutions through complex transactions involving counterparty credit default swap exposure, due diligence, financial modeling and agreed upon procedures related to esoteric asset and whole-business securitizations.

Earlier in his career, Paul spent four years in the Business Recovery Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers where he provided financial advisory services to corporate clients and financial institutions involved in turnaround and restructuring transactions. His engagements included Kindred Healthcare (f/k/a Vencor, Inc.), Senior Living Properties, HealthSouth, USA Floral Products, Dairy Mart and the sale of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting to IBM.