Tyler Cowan

Tyler Cowan is a director at Lazard based in its Chicago office. With more than 12 years of experi- ence, he has been involved in a variety of merger and acquisition advisory, restructuring and corpo- rate finance assignments for clients from a wide range of industries. While at Lazard, Mr. Cowan's corporate advisory assignments have included advising AIG, 3M, Calwest, Cengage Learning, Central Garden & Pet, CDW, CF Industries, Chassix, Corn Products, Dex Media (formerly R.H. Donnelley), Energy Future Holdings creditors' committee, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Com- pany, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Hostess secured lenders, Local Insight Media, Lufthansa, Russell Corp., Simon Property Group, SuperValu, USEC, Wendy's, Westgate Resorts and Wrigley, among others. His recent coal sector experience includes advising Walter Energy's first-lien credi- tors, Peabody Energy with respect to the bankruptcy of and settlement with its former subsidiary Patriot Coal, and the chapter 11 restructuring of Longview Power and its wholly owned captive coal subsidiary, Mepco. Mr. Cowan received his B.S. in industrial engineering cum laude from Northwestern University.