Timothy R. Coleman
Timothy R. Coleman is a partner and global chairman of the Restructuring and Special SituationsGroup at PJT Partners, a public spinoff from The Blackstone Group, in New York. Prior to the spinoff, he worked for 23 years at Blackstone serving as a senior managing director and head of its Restructuring& Reorganization Group. Mr. Coleman has worked on a variety of restructuring and special-situation assignments for companies, municipalities, creditor groups, special committees of corporate boards, corporate parents of troubled companies and acquirers of distressed assets. He received the Leadership<br>Award from the Turnaround Atlas Awards (2017), was given the Turnaround Leadership Award from theM&A Advisor (2014), was inducted into the Turnaround Restructuring and Distressed Investing IndustryHall of Fame by the Turnaround Management Association (2013), and was named Global InvestmentBanker of the Year by the Turnaround Atlas Awards (2011). Mr. Coleman’s most notable public assign-ments include Arch Coal, AMBAC, AT&T (AT&T Canada, Alestra, AT&T Broadband and Excite@Home), Bear Stearns Asset Management, Cable & Wireless Holdings, C-BASS, Delta Air Lines, Delta(Re: Pinnacle Airlines), Energy XXI, Financial Guaranty Insurance Company, FLAG Telecom, FordMotor Co., Genco, Greece, Guangdong Enterprises, Halcon, Harvey Gulf, Kaupthing (Iceland), LosAngeles Dodgers, MBIA (Re: BofA, Detroit, Puerto Rico and Rescap), Mirant Corp., Mohegan Sun,Quad/Graphics (Re: Vertis), R.H. Macy & Co., Roust Trading (Re: CEDC), State of Kansas, Travelport, The Weinstein Co., Williams Communications, Xerox Corp. and XL Capital. He has actively supported a number of nonprofit organizations, currently serving as a member of The Future Project board of directors, the board of leaders of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, the Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital Council and the Tina’s Wish board of directors. Mr. Coleman has been a frequent guest lecturer at Columbia University and NYU Stern Business Schools. He received hisB.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his M.B.A. from the University of SouthernCalifornia.