Steven Simms Bio

Steven Simms is the Co-Leader of the North America Restructuring Practice. Mr. Simms specializes in assisting clients with financial restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity financings, strategic planning, and business valuation. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Simms was a Managing Director in the Ernst & Young Corporate Finance practice. Before that, he worked in the Middle Market Banking Division of a New York-based money center bank, providing financing to companies in various industries for acquisitions, recapitalizations, capital expansion and internal growth. Mr. Simms is a Certified Turnaround Professional (“CTP”) and previously held National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) registered Licenses 7, 24 and 63 with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance from 2001 to 2004. A representative list of companies that are part of Mr. Simms’ extensive experience include: A&P; AMF Bowling; Bally Total Fitness; Big Lots; BI-LO; Blockbuster; Boston Chicken; Brooks Brothers; Buffets; Caesars Entertainment; California Pizza Kitchen; Calpine; Casa Systems; Cengage; Chemtura; Chesapeake Energy; Chuck E Cheese Entertainment; Cineworld; Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Dhanani Group; DiTech; Eagle Food Centers; Energy Future Holdings; Exco Resources; Fazoli’s; Fleming Companies; Fresh & Easy; FTX Trading Limited; General Growth Properties; Hawker Beechcraft; Hercules Offshore; iHeart; Interstate Bakeries; Luby’s Cafeterias; Malden Mills; Millennium Health; Muzak; Nextel International; Nine West Group; Outcome Health; Overseas Shipping Group; Payless; Penn Traffic; Perkins; Pier 1 Imports; Purdue Pharmaceutical; Purestar; Real Mex; Rex Energy; Rock & Republic; Ruby Tuesday’s; Samson Resources; Sears; Steward Health Systems; Sungard; TopGolf; Toys R Us; Voyager Digital; Washington Mutual; Washington Prime Group; Westmoreland Coal; Winn Dixie; World Kitchen; and YUM! Brands.