David Fowkes has rejoined Seabury Group as Managing Director of Seabury Corporate Advisors, the firm’s practice focused on providing balance sheet and operational restructuring services to companies on distressed M&A transactions, refinancing, recapitalizations, and debt negotiations, and also houses Seabury’s investment banking practices.
Fowkes brings 22 years of investment banking experience, having led assignments in 30 countries, including aircraft financing & trading, restructuring, and M&A. He was a senior capital markets banker for Salomon Brothers and Citigroup, covered Industrials for Lehman Brothers and was a senior member of Deutsche Bank’s special situations group. His clients at Seabury included Air Canada, Alaska, Etihad, ILFC, MAXJet, Northwest, Republic, Spirit, and US Airways.
Prior to rejoining Seabury, Fowkes’ financing, restructuring, M&A and aviation & leasing clients included GA Telesis, Blue Air, SriLankan and private equity and start-up leasing companies. He gained helicopter experience as Director of M&A and Integration for Bristow Group where he led the acquisition & integration of two airlines (Eastern Airways and Airnorth), the sale of two JVs (FBH and HCA) and focused on restructuring JVs including in Russia, Nigeria, and Trinidad.
Michael B. Cox, Vice Chairman, Seabury Advisory Group, and Global Head of Corporate Advisory Services, commented: “David has been engaged with Seabury for more than 15 years and has championed a number of key projects for our aviation clients, including airline M&A, corporate finance, and airline restructuring. We look forward to David’s continued contributions of his broad aviation experience and deep understanding of issues facing the industry as part of our team of experts who deliver diversified and responsive business solutions to our aviation clients worldwide.”
“I am very pleased to rejoin forces with my colleagues at Seabury to work hand-in-hand with airline clients to provide them with the best solutions for their business challenges and help shape their successful futures,” said David Fowkes, Managing Director of Seabury Corporate Advisors.