11/8/2023 0 Comments Synergy gas wilmingtonAtkins was co-head of the Restructuring and Bankruptcy advisory group as well as participating in the firm’s fairness opinion practice. Atkins was a managing director with CIBC World Markets in the Corporate and Leveraged Finance group, which he joined as a result of CIBC’s acquisition of Oppenheimer & Co. in its private placement of $100 million Senior Notes.īefore forming Cypress, Mr. Atkins also acted as an advisor to American Rock Salt Co. Atkins oversaw the sale of the Trust’s ownership of convertible preferred stock of Valero Corporation and the sale of a significant financial asset to Goldman Sachs. Atkins is also the liquidating trustee of the Orion Refining liquidating trust in which Mr. Atkins has been the senior banker representing clients that include, among others, InterActive Corp., Energy Transfer Partners, Inergy GP, Onex Corporation, Heritage Propane, Allegheny Energy, du Pont, ConAgra, AT&T Wireless, HealthSouth, Wilmington Trust Company, FAO Inc., Leonard Green & Partners, the New York State Common Pension Fund, Chem Rx Corp., Case Pomeroy & Co., the equity owner of Venture Industries, the bondholders of Sunnyside Cogeneration Associates, the creditors of Vacaville Recreation Corporation, the special committees of the Board of Directors of Gart Sports Company, The Aristotle Corporation and Ascendia Brands, and to the Beloit Liquidating Trust and the High Voltage Engineering Liquidating Trust. Cypress also works with attorneys for its clients in providing expert witness reports and supporting testimony.Ĭypress’ clients include Fortune 500 as well as middle market companies, large mutual funds and insurance companies, debtors, creditors and financial sponsor and strategic buyers. Cypress acts as placement agent in arranging financing for clients seeking to obtain financing for growth or acquisitions. As part of activities on behalf of clients, Cypress provides advisory services to acquirors and sellers of assets, debtors, creditors and other parties-in-interest. Atkins is the head of Cypress Associates LLC, an advisory firm specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private placements of debt and equity, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations and litigation advisory services/expert witness representations. Atkins has been selected among the top 100 most experienced, influential, and innovative restructuring professionals of 2022 by the Global M&A Network. Atkins has worked for companies in many industries including, among others, business services, transportation, telecommunications, media/entertainment, manufacturing, consumer products, retailing, oil and gas, power and energy, pulp and paper, health care, food and beverage, chemicals, financial institutions, textiles, retailing, real estate, educational services, infrastructure services and technology. Atkins has been an investment banker for more than 30 years, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and bankruptcies and leveraged finance transactions.
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