Michael Krakovsky

Michael Krakovsky is a Managing Director and the Head of Special Situations. Mike has 25 years of experience providing advice on a wide range of special situations transactions. He has advised middle-market debtors and creditors on numerous in-court and out-of-court restructuring and distressed sale transactions, and has focused on distressed companies as both an investment banker and a principal investor.

Prior to joining Stout, Mike spent 13 years in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group in Los Angeles, where he completed transactions across a variety of industries. In addition, Mike has experience as a principal investor at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners’ Deep Value distressed debt fund, where he was a Managing Director responsible for sourcing and analyzing distressed debt opportunities and managing the fund’s investment portfolio. He began his career as a transactional lawyer with Irell & Manella.

Mike frequently presents on restructuring topics at various industry events, including the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), among others.