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Mr. Cullen is a Managing Director at Chanin Capital Partners. While at Chanin, Mr. Cullen has been involved in a variety of restructurings and recapitalizations, including in and out-of-court debtor and creditor-side restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, valuations opinions and capital raising activities. Recent and past engagements include Allied Holdings, Collins & Aikman, Cerplex Group, Legacy Estates, Loral Space & Communications, Mercury Interactive, RCN Corporation, Trump Casino Holdings and Wolverine Tube.Mr. Cullen was formerly Co-Founder and Partner of Aria Partners, a special situations investment fund. The fund’s investment process is characterized by fundamental analytical research and invests primarily in equities and distressed securities. While with Aria Partners, Mr. Cullen was responsible for all aspects of fund management, including evaluation and analysis of investment opportunities, risk management and capital-raising.Prior to founding Aria Partners, Mr. Cullen worked as a Vice-President at Chanin Kirkland Messina LLC. In addition to working on various restructuring and recapitalization transactions, Mr. Cullen was a member of the Firm’s valuation committee while the Firm served as expert to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Mr. Cullen was responsible for providing valuation advisory services to the Planned Benefits Department of the DOJ, primarily involving contested ESOP transactions.Earlier, Mr. Cullen worked in the Investment Banking department at Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Cullen began his career in the High-Yield Group at BankAmerica Securities.Mr. Cullen currently serves as a Board Member of Allied Holdings, Inc, the largest company in North America specializing in the delivery of new and used vehicles. Allied generates approximately $850 million in annual revenues.Mr. Cullen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. | 