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Matthew Pakkala is a managing director in FTI’s Corporate Finance practice and is based in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience in providing financial and management consulting services to lenders, debtors, receivers and other stakeholders in bankruptcy and out-of-court restructurings; performing financial and operational due diligence on behalf of parties in interest and calculating damage claims in litigation matters. He has also served as the financial advisor to numerous unsecured creditor committees and debtors in the healthcare industry. Mr. Pakkala regularly serves as an administrator or other responsible person in law enforcement seizures and custodial possessions.
Mr. Pakkala’s industry experience is primarily focused on healthcare, though he has material experience with retail, automotive, manufacturing and airline companies. During the past several years, Mr. Pakkala has accumulated significant experience in designing and defending key employment retention plans (KERPs), key employment severance plans (KESPs) and executive compensation programs. Due to his legal background, Mr. Pakkala has directed several noteworthy litigation assignments concentrated in the insurance industry.
Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Pakkala was a member of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Business Recovery Services group, advising entities in various states of crisis in the retail, manufacturing and healthcare industries. Before that, he was a member of Price Waterhouse’s Corporate Finance and Recovery group. Mr. Pakkala began his legal career as a law clerk and then staff attorney with the United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District.Mr. Pakkala has a M.B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, a J.D. from Loyola Law School and a B.A. from the University of California at San Diego. He is a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor and is a licensed California attorney.
Mr. Pakkala is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Financial Lawyers Conference, the Los Angeles Bankruptcy Forum, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. | 