Mr. Aronzon is a strategic financial consultant with extensive experience in successful exchange and tender offers, proxy contests, rights offerings, M&A (company and asset sales) and financing transactions, prepackaged or prearranged reorganizations, contested or litigated (including cram down) Chapter 11 cases, consensual Chapter 11 cases and numerous successful dispute resolution matters, using mediation and various settlement processes.
Mr. Aronzon is the founder of PSA Consulting, LLC, where he currently provides financial and business advice and fiduciary services, including as an independent director, lead director, chairperson or special committee member on boards of directors for public/public reporting and private companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Aronzon is also currently affiliated with Arete Capital Partners, as a Principal, providing similar services.
Formerly co-managing partner of Milbank’s Los Angeles office and co-leader of Milbank’s Global Financial Restructuring Group, he has over 40 years of experience as an attorney and lead advisor. He also served as the Executive Vice President at Imperial Capital and co-head of its Corporate Finance Group from 2006 to 2008.
Mr. Aronzon has advised companies, boards, board committees, independent directors, sponsors, parties acquiring assets, debt or companies and others in transactions across a wide array of industries including, but not limited to, aerospace/defense, agriculture, airlines, apparel and textiles, automotive, broadcasting/cable and other media, chemical, commercial fishing, commercial real estate, construction, commodities trading, energy and electricity, entertainment, equipment rental and leasing, financial services, food and beverage, gaming, healthcare, housing development and home building, manufacturing, mining and timber, metals (including steel, aluminum and copper), oil and gas, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical, project finance, professional service firms (law, accounting and investment banking), publishing, retail, shipping, super markets, telecommunications, technology and bio-science.
Mr. Aronzon holds a J.D. from the Southwestern University School of Law and a B.A. degree in Political Science from the California State University at Northridge, Los Angeles, CA.