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Kathy Mayle, Senior Director

Kathy Mayle is a Senior Director for MACCO based out of the Houston, TX office. She has more than 25 years of experience in bankruptcy and restructuring. Kathy has worked with corporate debtors in both the private and public sector. Her broad experience encompasses a vast array of industries that include manufacturing, commercial airlines, retail, oil & gas, high-tech, real estate, construction, and healthcare, including physician practices, hospitals and imaging centers.

Kathy knows the chapter 11 process from pre-filing through case closing. She is an expert at directing clients in the shepherding of documents and compiling the detailed information for chapter 11 debtor’s statement of financial affairs and schedules, ensuring full disclosures as to the financial condition of the company at the date of filing. Her legal insight and detailed financial skills, complemented by her knowledge of how and why businesses fail, allow her to provide recommendations to clients on how to avoid common business pitfalls that contribute to bankruptcy or out-right failure.

Prior to joining MACCO, Kathy worked with distressed companies while employed by a notable Houston bankruptcy practitioner’s firm. She earned her undergraduate degree in business e-commerce and her MBA from the University of Phoenix. She has served on the board of directors for the Commercial Finance Association and the Turnaround Management Association.

Notable Assignments

  • Led a cross-functional team for a private equity owned oil & gas company and its 34 affiliates; in 3 weeks researched, drafted and completed 35 sets of individual debtors’ chapter 7 schedules and statement of financial affairs.

  • Managed the schedule and statement preparation; coordinated with claims agent and counsel for streamlined process of noticing and claim registration in the first major U.S. crypto-currency chapter 11 case.

  • Performed a forensic review to trace $8 million in disbursements from real estate sales in adversarial chapter 11 case.

  • Provided litigation support by reviewing and assessing a public E&P company’s SEC filings and producing exhibits for bankruptcy valuation hearing.

  • Coordinated 401k plan termination and managed the property tax pro rata distribution following APA sale of $300MM in company’s assets during the wind down process.