TMA EUROPE - Key Persons


Carlos Mack-Castelletti

Job Titles:
  • Board Members
  • Chairman, Education / Partner, Studio Legale Trabucchi Padova
  • Partner, Studio Legale Trabucchi Padova
Carlos works as a court-appointed liquidator and trustee, most recently in connection with the restructuring of the Kelch&Links group in Schorndorf near Stuttgart (turnover of EUR 100 million) and TECHNOSAN Umwelt GmbH (turnover EUR 25 million) near Munich. He was the leading partner in the financial restructuring through a Scheme of Arrangement at the High Court in London of PRIMACOM Group (restructuring of more than EUR 600 million debt). He acted as joint representative of the Bondholders (representing more than EUR 500 million) of QCells SE (a German listed company) and later as member of the creditors' committee. He was involved in the restructuring of SolarWorld AG, also a German quoted company, acting as managing director of one of the three major shareholders. He is also trustee in the Cayman Islands in the restructuring/insolvency of Pfleiderer AG. The last three cases belong to the largest in Germany in the last two years. Currently, he has been the leading managing CRO in the restructured German PAPERLINX Group. Carlos was admitted to the Bavarian Bar in 1990. Since 2003 he is also an avvocato belonging to the Paduan Bar in Italy. He received his Ph.D. from University of Munich, rated the best law school in Germany, in 1993. He attended Templeton College (Oxford University) in 1995 taking classes in marketing and finance (Diploma). Carlos is admitted to practice in Italy and Germany. He became certified in Germany as a Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioner in 2003. He is an active member in a number of professional associates including Insol Europe (Past President and Honorary Member for Life), Insol International, International Insolvency Institute, VID (Verband Insolvenzerwalter Deutschland, and ISIR (Istituto Italiano Studi Internazionali di Insolvenza e Risanamento, where he is the actual President). Finally, last year he became a Honorary Professor at the Corvinus University in Budapest.

Christian Schmitt

Job Titles:
  • Board Members
  • Co - Chair, Conferences & Sponsorship / Partner, Gerloff Liebler Rechtsanwälte, Gerloff Liebler
  • Partner, Gerloff Liebler Rechtsanwälte, Gerloff Liebler

Dr. Anna Nolan

Job Titles:
  • Counsel
  • Board Members
  • Chairman, TMA NOW
  • Chairman, TMA NOW / Counsel, Alston & Bird
Dr. Anna Nolan is counsel in the Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Practice in Alston & Bird's London office. With over 10 years of experience, Anna assists a wide range of clients including hedge funds, special situations investors, trustees, providers of rescue and exit finance, issuers, sponsors, bondholder committees, administrators, and debtors with distressed transactions, conducting corporate, and financial restructurings and general insolvency matters.

Eva Ringelspacher

Job Titles:
  • Board Members
  • Member of the Executive Board, Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner GmbH
  • President / Member of the Executive Board, Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner GmbH
Eva Ringelspacher has been involved in restructuring and reorganization for nearly 30 years. Her core competencies lie in the area of financial services. She advises companies on financial restructuring, the preparation of financing concepts and supports them in stakeholder communication. In recent years, the experienced banking expert has been in charge of the restructuring and reorganization of large caps, LBO financing reorganizations and cross-border restructurings. Prior to joining W&P, she worked as a insolvency lawyer, twenty years as a director at a major bank in the restructuring department and 7 years in restructuring consulting. She has published several articles and book chapters on restructuring. Eva Ringelspacher is also a lecturer at the SRH University of Applied Sciences in Heidelberg. She is a member of the Management Board of TMA Germany and TMA Europe President and also a member of the Board of Trustees (TMA Global).

Helen Jacobi

Job Titles:
  • General Manager

Janina Ruster

Job Titles:
  • Associate, White & Case
  • Board Members
  • Chairman, NextGen
Janina Ruster is a lawyer at White & Case, Hamburg, Germany, focusing on restructuring and insolvency law. She handles crisis and insolvency situations, advising creditors, debtors and their management as well as insolvency administrators, especially in complex cross border matters (also with a focus on French speaking clients). At White & Case, Janina works closely together with insolvency administrators, handling in-court insolvency proceedings in various industry sectors (e.g. shipping, retail). Prior to joining White & Case, she built an expertise in insolvency and restructuring law matters while working with a number of leading international law firms.

Jay Krasoff

Job Titles:
  • Finance Chair
  • Board Members
  • Chairman, Finance / Founder & Managing Director, Chiron Financial
  • Founder & Managing Director, Chiron Financial
Mr. Krasoff is a founder of Chiron Financial and is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm and corporate growth. Jay's experience as CFO, CPA, and President have led him to success in challenging financial client engagements. His career as a trusted advisor and restructuring professional have resulted in over 30 speaking engagements and recognition as an expert in the field. With Chiron's international growth, he now has clients that span from Houston to Paris to Zurich and continues to expand the business Mr. Krasoff has led engagements for both public and private entities. His engagements for corporate finance have included sell-side advisory, buy-side advisory, valuation opinions, acquisition financings, and growth financings. His engagements for financial restructurings have included representation of debtors, distressed bondholders, buyers of distressed debt, lenders to distressed debtors, secured creditors and Official and Ad Hoc Committees.

Marco Martinengo

Job Titles:
  • Board Members
  • Co - Chair, Communications & Chapter Relations / Head of HR Solutions, Vertus S.R.L
  • Head of HR Solutions, Vertus S.R.L

Rashmi Dubé

Job Titles:
  • Board Members
  • Co - Chair, Communications & Chapter Relations / Litigation & Business Advisor, Partner, Gunnercooke
  • Litigation & Business Advisor, Partner, Gunnercooke
Rashmi Dubé is a multi-award-winning lawyer and entrepreneur who specialises in the G in ESG (Governance) and is UK spokesperson for ambassadors for the Institute of Directors.

Scott Stuart

Job Titles:
  • Global CEO

Tyrone Courtman - President

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
  • President
  • Board Members
  • Co - Chair, Conferences & Sponsorship / Partner, RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP
  • Partner, RSM UK Restructuring Advisory LLP
Tyrone is a Chartered Accountant (1986), a fellow member of ICAEW, and a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner (1989). He is lead partner of the firm's business restructuring, recovery and insolvency services practice. He has extensive (over 25 years) experience advising lenders, corporate's, distressed investors and individuals in complex financial restructuring and recovery situations across a broad wide of industry sectors and jurisdictions. Tyrone is well known in the Midlands business community and is Vice Chair of the icaew special interest group for Insolvency and Restructuring and Vice President of LANSCA. Tyrone is also a member of the Board of Trustees for TMA Global. He is a past President of the Turnaround Management Association (UK) (2008 and 2009) (see www.tmw-uk.org), and immediate past President of the European Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals (www.EACTP.eu)