Scott W. Winn
Scott Winn, a senior managing director at Zolfo Cooper, has more than 25 years of professional experience in finance, operations and strategy, specializing in distressed and underperforming companies.
As a seasoned restructuring expert, Scott provides hands-on leadership and creative advice to distressed organizations, their creditors, investor groups and other stakeholders.
Scott’s deep expertise covers a wide array of industries, including energy, restaurant, health care, retailing, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing and other service sectors. He is currently serving as chief restructuring officer of Pacific Energy Resources Ltd., an oil and gas exploration and development company. Scott is also advising a leading energy transportation and storage enterprise. Recent engagements include advising restaurant operator Buffets Holdings on its restructuring and Chapter 11 proceedings and assisting the New York Racing Association in its bankruptcy. At Enron, he was the management executive responsible for leading the efforts to divest non-core businesses, resolve special purpose entities and manage Chapter 11 processes; he also provided commercial oversight to complex litigation.
Scott’s previous assignments include either company or creditor representation for Performance Transportation Services, Apria Healthcare Group, Special Metals, Laidlaw, Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation, Allegheny General Hospital and Mariner Health Group. His cross border experience includes the insolvencies of Fertilizantes Nitrogenados de Venezuela, FertiNitro, CEC, a billion-dollar fertilizer plant; a major Venezuelan oil producer; Winstar Communications, which had operations in Europe/UK, the United States, Latin America and Asia; and One. Tel, an Australian wireless telecommunications enterprise. Prior to joining the firm in 2001, Scott was a partner with Deloitte & Touche in reorganization services. He began his career with J. Henry Schroder Bank & Trust.
- B.S. in business from Georgetown University
