As the President of Gordian Group, Mr. Kaufman heads the firm’s Restructuring and Distressed M&A practice, and has been ranked the #1 national investment banker in financial restructuring by The Deal.*
“Peter Kaufman is one of America’s top distressed investment bankers”
~ CNBC, 2014
Mr. Kaufman has been at Gordian Group since 1990. He was the founding Co-chairman of the Committee on Investment Banking of the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and with Henry Owsley, Gordian Group’s Chief Executive Officer, he is the co-author of the definitive works in the field: Distressed Investment Banking: To the Abyss and Back – 2nd Edition (Beard Books, 2015), Equity Holders Under Siege: Strategies and Tactics for Distressed Businesses (Beard Books, 2014) and Distressed Investment Banking: To the Abyss and Back (Beard Books, 2005).
Both books are “must-read” for boards of directors, management teams and shareholders and/or owners of financially stressed situations, as well as for buyers and professionals. Additionally, Mr. Kaufman has been profiled by The Deal, where he is consistently ranked as one of the 10 leading national investment bankers in financial restructurings.* He has also been profiled by Bloomberg. He is frequently asked by national TV networks and other media outlets to speak on restructuring and bankruptcy topics.
He is a Contributor to SportsIllustrated.com/Morning Read on golf. He is a member of the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association.
Prior to joining Gordian Group, Mr. Kaufman was a founding member of First Boston Corporation’s Distressed Securities Group. As an investment banker and attorney, he has more than 25 years of experience solving complex financial challenges. In 2013, he testified in front of the ABI Commission on Bankruptcy Reform in regards to valuation. Mr. Kaufman currently serves as an Adjunct Faculty/Member at the University of Virginia School of Law teaching a course entitled “Advising Boards of Directors Under Siege”; he also assists in teaching courses at Darden Business School at University of Virginia. In November 2015, Mr. Kaufman was inducted into the M&A Advisor Hall of Fame at the 14th Annual M&A Advisor Awards Gala in New York City.
View Mr. Kaufman’s Wikipedia page here.
Education
Mr. Kaufman received a B.A. with honors in History and Art History from Yale College (where he lettered in lacrosse). He also received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he graduated in the top quarter of his class.
Key Disclosed Engagements
Alamo/National Car Rental, Alert Holdings, Alexander Gallo, Alphatec, American Airlines (for the Transport Workers Union), AmeriServe, Avatex, Ben & Jerry’s, Elyria Foundry Holdings, Enron, Farmland, Federal Communications Commission, General Motors, Higman Marine, Hostess Brands, Integrated Electrical Services, Intelogic Trace, Jobson Healthcare Information, Liberty House, LTV Steel, Madoff, Martin Color-Fi, MBIA, Mendocino Brewing, Metalico, Mississippi Chemical Corporation, ModSpace, Molycorp (expert witness engagement for counsel), Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railroad, Morrison-Knudsen, Nationwise Automotive, Nuo Therapeutics, Ogden Corporation, Osyka Corporation, Petsec Energy, Phar-Mor, RAB Food Group, Solutia, Spansion, Sudbury, Spiegel (for MBIA), Summit Global Logistics, Trans Energy, United Rentals, Vivaro, Xtreme Power.
*The Deal’s League Tables are the ranking criteria for investment bankers.
