William Q. Derrough

William Q. Derrough is a managing director and global co-head of the Recapitalization and Restruc-turing Group of Moelis & Company in New York. He has experience advising all types of parties inmajor restructurings, including companies, boards of directors, creditor groups, shareholders, unionsand governmental entities, and has been instrumental in building out the firm’s restructuring franchise.Under his leadership, the firm’s R&R team, which has advised on more than 400 assignments globallyrepresenting over $1 trillion in value, was ranked #1 Restructuring Advisor both Globally and in the U.S.for 2019 completed engagements and was awarded the prestigious Restructuring Bank of the Year awardfor 2019 by IFR Magazine. Mr. Derrough has 30 years of investment banking experience. From 1998until joining Moelis & Co., he co-founded and co-headed the Recapitalization & Restructuring Group at Jefferies & Co. While at Jefferies, he advised a wide spectrum of clients and investors on restructurings, recapitalizations, financings, mergers, and other engagements. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Derrough was a principal at Doyle & Boissiere, a private investment firm. He began his investment banking career at Salomon Brothers Inc. Mr. Derrough received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.