Middle market private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital has expanded its team with the addition of Alison Miller, who has joined the firm as director.
Miller is focused on sourcing new investment opportunities that fit Wynnchurch's operations-oriented investment approach. She also supports the firm’s strategic relationships with the bankruptcy and restructuring M&A community.
"Alison brings over a decade of restructuring experience across a number of industries," says Wynnchurch's managing partner John Hatherly. "We feel she is a strong addition to our origination effort."
Miller began her career in the restructuring group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis. There she represented financially distressed companies in all aspects of corporate restructuring, including Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court restructurings, and acquisitions. She was involved in numerous bankruptcies including Reader's Digest, Tropicana Entertainment, Flying J, and Solutia.
Miller also supported an interdisciplinary team which represented BP in various litigation and regulatory matters pertaining to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Miller was a director of business development at Garden City Group and Donlin Recano & Company, where she was responsible for the development and implementation of strategic marketing initiatives. She is an active member of the Turnaround Management Organisation (TMA), American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC).
“Over our 16-year history, some of our best investments involved helping management teams fix troubled companies,” says Wynnchurch’s managing director Michael Teplitsky. “Alison’s addition to our team further expands our reach in the restructuring and special situations arena.”
Wynnchurch Capital is actively investing from its USD1.3 billion Fund IV. In February 2016, Wynnchurch acquired Texas Hydraulics from Dover Corporation. Texas Hydraulics is a designer and manufacturer of highly engineered hydraulic cylinders and swivels for the global mining, energy, construction, and utility markets.
Other recent Wynnchurch investments include Latham International, a manufacturer of packaged and fiberglass pools and automatic safety covers; Carson Air, a provider of fixed-wing air ambulance services, air cargo services, and flight school training in Western Canada; Gypsum Technologies, a provider of machinery and systems for the wallboard industry; and Champion Iron, a junior mining company which recently acquired the large scale Bloom Lake iron ore mine in Quebec.
