Our Senior Team
Our Managing Directors and Senior Advisors are supported by the collective strength of our integrated global team comprised of 1,450 professionals working seamlessly across 23 locations worldwide.
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Marcel Brouwer
Managing DirectorLondon
Marcel Brouwer is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory across EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). Marcel has over 15 years of investment banking experience, advising companies, sponsors, and a variety of creditor groups on restructurings, recapitalizations, financings, M&A, and other financial advisory transactions across a broad range of industries.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Marcel was a member of the Restructuring Advisory and Distressed Financing team in Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division. He began his career at Lazard in the Financial Advisory Group. Marcel holds an M.B.A. from HEC Paris and an M.Sc. in Business Administration (Finance & Investments) from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Thane W. Carlston
Managing DirectorChairman of Capital Structure AdvisoryNew York
Thane Carlston is a Managing Director and Chairman of Capital Structure Advisory at Moelis & Company. As a co-founder of the Group, Thane helped establish one of the world’s leading capital structure and debt restructuring teams, which has completed more than 750 transactions globally representing over $1.5 trillion in value.
Thane has worked in the investment banking industry for over 35 years, with a specialized focus on Capital Structure Advisory. He has extensive expertise in the distressed advisory sector, working with companies, corporate boards, creditor groups, sponsors, and corporate parents of troubled subsidiaries. Thane has structured and led numerous out-of-court transactions utilizing exchange offers, consent solicitations, and negotiations with lenders to secure bank amendments and waivers. His experience also includes distressed M&A, debt financing, and advising on matters that involve pre-packaged, pre-arranged, and unplanned Chapter 11 reorganizations.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Thane co-headed the Recapitalization & Restructuring Group at Jefferies. He holds an M.B.A. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a B.A. from the University of Utah, where he serves on the advisory board for the Eccles School of Business.
Rohan Choudhary
Managing DirectorLondon
Rohan Choudhary is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory across EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). Rohan has extensive experience advising companies, sponsors, and a variety of creditor groups on restructurings, recapitalizations, financings, and other strategic advisory transactions.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Rohan was a member of the Debt Advisory & Restructuring Group at PwC. He holds an M.Sc. in Accounting & Finance from the University of Manchester and a B.Comm. with Honors from Delhi University.
Ankit Dalal
Managing DirectorNew York
Ankit Dalal is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory. Ankit has extensive experience, having originated and executed a variety of Chapter 11 proceedings, out-of-court restructurings, liability management transactions, and financings across a broad range of industries, working with companies, creditors, and investors.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Ankit was a Managing Director in the Debt Advisory & Restructuring Group at Evercore. He previously held roles in distressed investing and began his career in the Energy and Leveraged Finance Groups at Citigroup. Ankit holds a B.B.A. in Finance with high Honors from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.
Francesco Del Vecchio
Managing DirectorNew York
Francesco Del Vecchio is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory. Francesco has over 20 years of restructuring, financing, and investment management experience advising debtors, creditors, private equity sponsors, and governmental entities. He has advised on a wide variety of in-court and out-of-court restructurings, special situations, and capital structure assignments across a broad range of transactions, industries, and jurisdictions globally. Francesco has worked in the Firm’s New York and London offices.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Francesco held investment banking roles at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup in New York and London and also managed an investment portfolio at a New York-based asset manager. He began his career at Goldman Sachs. Francesco holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.S.L. from the USC Gould School of Law. He is an Advisory Group member of the Cornell Emerging Markets Institute and is active within Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Antje Gänsler
Managing DirectorLondon
Antje Gänsler is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where she specializes in Capital Structure Advisory transactions in EMEA, with a focus on German-speaking regions. She has extensive experience advising debtors, creditors, and shareholders in capital structure and restructuring mandates.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Antje worked at Lazard, where she advised clients across EMEA on capital structure and restructuring situations. Prior to that, she worked at Gleacher Shacklock LLP, where she focused on complex restructurings, and was previously an investment director at a European family office. Antje started her career as a structured finance attorney at Linklaters LLP. She holds an M.B.A. (Diplom-Kaufmann) and a law degree from the University of Würzburg in Germany. She is admitted to the bar in Germany and the bar of England and Wales.
Bert Grisel
Managing DirectorHong Kong
Bert Grisel is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company in Hong Kong, where he leads Capital Structure Advisory for the region. Bert has over 30 years of investment banking experience and has been involved in some of the largest and most complex restructuring transactions in Asia.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Bert was interim CFO of a NASDAQ-listed company. He was previously at ABN AMRO, where his leadership roles included Head of Industrials and Real Estate in Asia, in addition to various other roles in Europe and Latin America. Bert holds an M.Sc. in Law from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Zul Jamal
Managing DirectorCo-Head of US Capital Structure AdvisoryNew York
Zul Jamal is a Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Capital Structure Advisory at Moelis & Company. Zul has over 25 years of investment banking experience focusing on in-court and out-of-court recapitalization and restructuring transactions, with specific expertise in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, exchange offers, consent solicitations, lender negotiations, and distressed financings. He has worked with companies, creditors, and acquirers across a wide range of industries.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Zul worked at Jefferies, where he advised clients on a variety of restructuring, leveraged finance, and international financial sponsor transactions in New York and London. Zul graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Adam Keil
Managing DirectorNew York
Adam Keil is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory and has been a team member since the establishment of the franchise. He has over 20 years of investment banking experience, with extensive expertise in advising debtors, creditors, and equity holders on a wide variety of recapitalization and restructuring transactions across a broad range of industries, including technology, media, telecommunications, real estate, retail, and general industrials.
Adam holds a B.S. in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Barak Klein
Managing DirectorCo-Head of US Capital Structure AdvisoryNew York
Barak Klein is a Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Capital Structure Advisory at Moelis & Company. Barak has over 25 years of investment banking and asset management experience, advising clients on liability management, Chapter 11 reorganizations, debt financing transactions, and distressed M&A.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Barak was a member of the CR Intrinsic-General Distressed Group, investing in workout and special situations at SAC Capital Advisors. He has also held senior-level roles in Asset Management and in Restructuring & Recapitalization at Jefferies. He began his career in the Financial Restructuring Group at Houlihan Lokey. Barak holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bassam Latif
Managing DirectorHouston
Bassam Latif is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory and special situations M&A. He has over 25 years of investment banking experience, advising companies, equity investors, and creditors across a broad range of industries, including technology, energy and clean tech, shipping and transportation, and industrials.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Bassam was with Rothschild Inc., where he focused on M&A and restructuring transactions. Bassam holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Rice University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.
Robert Mendelson
Managing DirectorNew York
Robert Mendelson is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he focuses on credit fund clients, including credit investment institutions and platforms such as CLOs, hedge funds, private credit managers, multi-strategy fund managers, and institutional asset managers. Rob has 25 years of investment expertise spanning leveraged finance and asset management, with deep experience in restructuring, complex capital structures, and portfolio management.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Rob served as Head of Trading and Sourcing at Venor Capital Management. He began his career as a credit analyst at Shenkman Capital Management. Rob holds a B.A. in Finance from the College of New Jersey.
Cullen Murphy
Managing DirectorNew York
Cullen Murphy is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory. Cullen has extensive investment banking and asset management experience, having advised clients on liability management, recapitalizations, special-situations M&A, debt financing transactions, and in-court reorganizations.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Cullen was an investment analyst at Catalyst Capital Group, a distressed-focused private equity firm. Cullen holds a B.S. in Business and Managerial Economics from the University of Denver, an M.S. in Mathematics from Fairfield University, and an M.B.A. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Rachel Murray
Managing DirectorNew York
Rachel Murray is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where she specializes in Capital Structure Advisory for companies, sponsors, and creditors across a wide range of industries. She has extensive experience in in-court and out-of-court recapitalization and restructuring transactions, with a specialized focus on Chapter 11 reorganizations, exchange offers, consent solicitations, and distressed financings.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Rachel worked in the financial services practice at Deloitte. She holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Accounting from the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University of Southern California, and an A.B. in Government from Harvard University.
Matthew Prest
Managing DirectorHead of Europe and APACLondon
Matthew Prest is a Managing Director and Head of Europe & APAC at Moelis & Company. Matt has over 25 years of financial restructuring experience advising companies, financial sponsors, secured lenders, and bondholders. Additionally, he has provided clients with other investment banking services, including raising debt and equity financing for distressed and non-distressed companies. He has performed key advisory roles in some of the most high-profile, sensitive, and complex situations in EMEA and Asia.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Matt was a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Restructuring team at Close Brothers Corporate Finance. Before that, he was a Director of Restructuring at M&G Investment Management and a Senior Manager in the restructuring team at KPMG. Matt is a qualified chartered accountant and holds a B.A. in History from the University of Warwick.
Adam Steinberg
Managing DirectorNew York
Adam Steinberg is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he advises various parties on a broad range of Capital Structure Advisory assignments. He has over 20 years of investment banking and asset management experience, including advising clients on M&A, financing, and restructuring transactions across a number of industries.
Prior to joining Moelis & Company, Adam worked at Lonestar Capital Management, where he invested in workout and special situations. Prior to that, he was a Vice President in the Restructuring & Recapitalization Group at Jefferies. Adam holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Michigan.
Andrew Swift
Managing DirectorNew York
Andrew Swift is a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, where he specializes in Capital Structure Advisory and M&A. Andrew has extensive investment banking experience advising corporates, acquirers, and creditors across a broad range of industries and geographies. He has executed a variety of in-court and out-of-court restructuring transactions, with an emphasis on debtor-side engagements, exchange offers, consent solicitations, lender negotiations, distressed financings, and Section 363 sales.
Andrew has also advised public and private companies on a variety of complex M&A transactions, including cross-border hostile takeovers, activism defense, mergers of equals, and leveraged buyouts. Andrew started his career at Moelis & Company and holds a B.A. in History with Honors from the University of Michigan.