Ted Gavin is a Certified Turnaround Professional and is Managing Director & Founding Partner of Gavin/Solmonese LLC, where he leads the firm’s Restructuring and Fiduciary Services Practice. Ted specializes in complex bankruptcy matters, representing Debtors, Creditors and Committees as financial advisor, asset sale advisor, chief restructuring officer or in other responsible party roles. He is frequently called upon to provide expert testimony in matters involving breach of fiduciary duty and bankruptcy matters, including preferences. In addition, he is frequently appointed liquidating trustee, litigation trustee or plan administrator for post-confirmation liquidating trusts.
Ted serves as President of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Board of Directors. He served as Vice President-Development; Co-Chair of the ABI Financial Advisors & Investment Banking Committee; Co-Chair and Education Director of the ABI Ethics Committee and served on the ABI Civility Task Force and the ABI National Ethics Standards Task Force, leading that group’s Committee Solicitation Protocols Subcommittee. Ted is an author of the Chief Restructuring Officer’s Guide to Bankruptcy and writes the “Turnaround Tactics” blog for Forbes. He is on Twitter as @tedgavin.