Charles N. Persing, CPA/CFF, CIRA, CVA,

Charles N. Persing, CPA/CFF, CIRA, CVA, CFE is a partner with Bederson LLP in Fairfield, N.J., and a member of the firm’s Insolvency and Litigation Services team. His practice includes representing chapter 7 trustees and creditors’ committees, performing valuations, handling commercial disputes and serving as receiver. He is the Business Valuations and Litigation Group Core Team Leader for AGN, a worldwide association of separate and independent accounting and advisory firms. He also serves as a subchapter V trustee for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and was recently elected to the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees’ (NABT’s) board of directors, his term began in October 2022. Prior to his work at Bederson, Mr. Persing provided a range of financial consulting and accounting services in his roles with public and private companies and public accounting. He spent four years with a regional accounting and consulting firm as director in its litigation support group, where he specialized in complex litigation cases and valuation matters. Mr. Persing held a senior position with a publicly traded company during its chapter 11 and chapter 7 proceedings, and assisted in many aspects of the bankruptcy proceedings. He provided extensive litigation support in various matters for the chapter 7 trustee, including a successful $320 million preference and contract dispute adversary action. He also handled corporate development and M&A assignments for a publicly traded telecommunications company, where he dealt extensively with troubled investments and contract dispute resolution. Mr. Persing held a 14-year tenure in the radio and media industry in various financial and operational capacities, providing M&A, financing and post-acquisition restructuring services. He also spent four years with a Philadelphia-based regional public accounting firm, where he provided accounting and management services to numerous companies in the entertainment, media and nonprofit industries. In addition, he has served as a volunteer and director for the Support Center for Child Advocates, which provides legal assistance and social service advocacy for abused and neglected children in Philadelphia County. Mr. Persing received his B.S. in business administration in accounting from Drexel University.