Tyler Cowan

Managing Director and Co-Head of Restructuring & Capital Solutions North America |

Lazard LTD

Tyler Cowan is Managing Director and Co-Head of Restructuring & Capital Solutions North America Group at Lazard. With more than 18 years of experience, Tyler has advised companies, creditors and sponsors in a variety of liability management, restructuring, capital raising, merger and acquisition, and corporate finance assignments in a wide range of industries.

Tyler’s notable liability management engagements include advising Blackboard, J.Crew, Neiman Marcus, Peabody Energy, Macy’s, iFIT Health & Fitness and Westgate Resorts, among others, while his notable in-court restructuring experience includes advising 24 Hour Fitness, Belk, Cengage Learning, Chassix, Claire’s Stores, Dex Media (formerly R.H. Donnelly), FirstEnergy Solutions, Forever 21, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, J.Crew, Local Insight Media, Longview Power / Mepco, Neiman Marcus, Peabody Energy, USEC, and Westmoreland Resource Partners, among others. Concurrent with his various engagements, Tyler has raised billions of dollars of capital for his clients, as well as advised on a broad range of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Chapter Contribution

Chapter 7.I | Avoiding a Bankruptcy Filing: Corporate Decision-Making and Liability Management Transactions