Capital Structure Advisory

Providing strategic advice when it matters most

A Leading Resource for Advisory Services in Liability Management and Special Situations

The Capital Structure Advisory Group (formerly Miller Buckfire) is dedicated to providing capital solutions, liability management, and restructuring services to companies, governments, and creditors facing complex situations. We are a leading firm in this field, and have provided objective, strategic advice to clients for over 30 years including Aeropostale, Gymboree, Checkers, Faraday Future, the City of Detroit, and many leading private equity firms, as well as the creditors of DelMonte Foods, Yellow Corporation, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico/COFINA, GNC, Caesars Entertainment, and Calpine among many others. As pioneers in financial restructuring, the team’s leadership is credited as having developed many widely used techniques in the space.

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Notable Transactions

Investment Banker to Lazydays

Recapitalization and Asset Sale

Specialty Distribution

Nov 2024

Advisor to Buyer

Mergers & Acquisitions

Business Services

Jul 2024

$121,600,000

Advisor to Seller

Has Sold Assets to

Medtech

Apr 2024

$94,300,000

Advisor to Sientra

Aggregate Indebtedness

Medtech

Apr 2024

$199,000,000

Investment Banker for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Vehicle Electrification

Mar 2024

Financial Advisor

Mergers & Acquisitions

Digital Assets

Feb 2024

$300,000,000

Advisor to Selina Hospitality PLC

Out-of-Court Restructuring and Convertible Notes

Real Estate

Jan 2024

Advisor to Buyer

Mergers & Acquisitions

Vehicle Electrification

Oct 2023

Advisor to Seller

Mergers & Acquisitions

Consumer Products

Aug 2023

$315,000,000

Investment Banker for Checkers

Recapitalization

Restaurants

Jun 2023

$200,000,000

Investment Banker for Tricida

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Biopharma

Jun 2023

$104,500,000

Sole Placement Agent

Senior Secured Term Loan

Medtech

Jul 2022

$55,300,000

Sole Bookrunner

Exchange of Convertible Notes

Medtech

Jul 2022

$246,000,000

Investment Banker for Techniplas, LLC

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Jun 2021

Advisor to The Collected Group

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Consumer Products

May 2021

$17,500,000,000

Advisor to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Aggregate Indebtedness

Apr 2021

$384,000,000

Investment Banker for Sundance Energy Inc.

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Apr 2021

$320,000,000

Investment Banker for Checkers

Recapitalization

Dec 2020

$91,000,000

Advisor to Tuesday Morning Company

Aggregate Indebtedness

Dec 2020

$3,321,000,000

Advisor to Kensington

Merger & Acquisition

Nov 2020

Investment Banker for Corner Bakery

Out-of-Court Restructuring

Oct 2020

$903,000,000

Advisor to the UCC of GNC Holdings

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Oct 2020

$933,000,000

Investment Banker for North American Lifting Holdings Inc.

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Oct 2020

$492,000,000

Advisor to Ultrapetrol

Chapter 11 Restructuring

Maritime Services

Mar 2017

Currency volume represents full credit to each underwriter. All transaction announcements appear as a matter of record only. Stifel collectively refers to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and other affiliated broker-dealer subsidiaries of Stifel Financial Corp.