Bio

Tiago Ferreira da Silva is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Financial and Operational Restructuring in Lisbon. With more than 15 years of restructuring experience, Mr. da Silva specializes in advising lenders and borrowers in stressed and distressed situations. His primary areas of concentration are business plan reviews, financial modeling, short term cash flow reviews, appraisals of financial restructuring options and distressed M&A. Mr. da Silva has worked with clients across a range of industries, including manufacturing, agribusiness, automotive, transportation and logistics, IT, media, oil and gas, construction and utilities across Europe and Africa. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. da Silva spent seven years with the EY’s Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy team in Lisbon, where he most recently served as Director. There, his notable engagements included advising Portugal’s main airline in the insolvency process of its ground handling operator; buy-side assistance to two of the world’s largest hedge funds in the acquisition of several NPL portfolios in Portugal with gross value of €4+ billion; and advising one of the largest chemical groups in Portugal in the refinancing of all its financial debt of €200+ million, and to obtain an additional funding of €30 million to comply with its investment plan. Additionally, Mr. da Silva was involved in advising one of the largest construction groups in Portugal, with operations across Europe, Africa and South America, on the restructuring of its financial debt of ~€800 million. He also advised one of the largest Portuguese groups in the pharmaceutical segment on the potential financial and strategic restructuring options available to significantly increase the group’s capacity to meet their financial obligations of ~€300 million. Mr. da Silva earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão in Lisbon. A Portuguese national, he is fluent in Portuguese and English.