The Turnaround Management Association (TMA) has announced the winners of the 2018 Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Awards. TMA will honor 76 professionals during a special awards ceremony at The 2018 TMA Annual on September 26-28 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Turnaround and Transaction Awards are chosen based on a rigorous peer-review process. The awards recognize the most successful turnarounds and impactful transactions in the past year.

"This year's winners have made a significant economic impact by helping struggling businesses to recover and preserve their value," said Scott Y. Stuart, Esq, TMA Global chief executive officer. "Each winner exhibits the immense value TMA members provide not just the general business community, but the global economy."

The 2018 TMA Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Award Winners are:

Turnaround of the Year: Mega Company - Caesars Entertainment Operating Company Inc.

• Paul Aronzon, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
• Bruce Bennett, Jones Day
• Kenneth H. Eckstein, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
• Randall S. Eisenberg, CTP, AlixPartners LLP
• Joe Graham, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Nicole L. Greenblatt, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Kristopher Hansen, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
• Vincent Indelicato, Proskauer Rose LLP
• Thomas Kreller, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
• David Seligman, Kirkland & Ellis LLP'
• James H.M. Sprayregen, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Turnaround of the Year: Large Company - BCBG Max Azria Group, LLC

• Holly Etlin, CTP, AlixPartners
• Jeffrey Finger, Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
• Christopher J. Marcus, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Rich Morgner, Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
• Deborah Rieger-Paganis, AlixPartners
• Martin Staff, BCBGMAXAZRIA'
• Joshua Sussberg, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Turnaround of the Year: Mid-Size Company - Canadian Kraft Paper Industries Ltd.

• Brandon Ellement, Ellement Pensions, Benefits and Investments
• Leonard Levie, American Industrial Acquisition Corporation
• Ron Prehogan, Brazeau Seller Law
• Jeff Sands, CTP, Dorset Partners LLC
• Jari Vainio, American Industrial Acquisition Corporation
• Tony Zandos, American Industrial Acquisition Corporation 

Turnaround of the Year: Small Company - Phoenix Manufacturing Partners, LLC

• Hilary L. Barnes, Allen Barnes & Jones, PLC
• Fay W. Bidlack, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon PLC
• Carolyn J. Johnsen, Dickinson Wright, PLLC
• Christopher R. Kaup, Tiffany & Bosco PA
• Bradley J. Stevens, Jennings Strouss & Salmon PLC
• Joseph W. Yockey, Leading Edge Manufacturing, LLC dba Joined Alloys

Turnaround of the Year: Non-Profit Company - Christ's Household of Faith, Inc.

• Mark Alleman, Christs Household of Faith
• Kevin Doyle, Venture Bank
• Ryan Murphy, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
• Sarah Olson, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
• Rod Peterson, Platinum Group 

Transaction of the Year: Mega Company - Avaya Inc.

• John C. Bosacco, Centerview Partners 
• Jesse DelConte, Zolfo Cooper 
• Samuel M. Greene, Centerview Partners LLC
• Jonathan S. Henes, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Eric S. Koza, Zolfo Cooper 
• Patrick J. Nash, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Transaction of the Year: Large Company - Performance Sports Group Ltd.

• Brian Corio, Alvarez & Marsal
• Kelley A. Cornish, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
• Alice Belisle Eaton, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
• Brian J. Fox, Alvarez & Marsal
• Sean T. Greecher, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
• Ryan Kielty, Centerview Partners LLC
• Steve Levine, Brown Rudnick
• Jonah Mann, Stikeman Elliott LLP
• Pauline K. Morgan, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
• Marc Puntus, Centerview Partners LLC
• Robert J. Stark, Brown Rudnick LLP
• Robert Thornton, Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP
• Edward J. Waitzer, Stikeman Elliott LLP

Transaction of the Year: Mid-Size Company - Eastern Outfitters, LLC

• Nicholas Campbell, MERU
• Jennifer Feldsher, Bracewell, LLP
• Robert Jordan, Kurtzman Carson Consultants
• Joseph Malfitano, Malfitano Partners
• Spence Mehl, RCS Real Estate Advisors
• Norman Pernick, Cole Schotz P.C.
• Alexander Stevenson, Lincoln International
• Spencer Ware, CTP, AlixPartners, LLP

Transaction of the Year: Small Company - Lighthouse Management Group, Inc.

• Patrick Finn, CTP, Lighthouse Management Group, Inc.
• Ryan Murphy, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
• T. Chris Stewart, Anastasi Jellum, P.A.

Transaction of the Year: International - CHC Group Ltd.

• Jasmine Ball, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Michael Cox, Seabury Consulting (now part of Accenture)
• Victoria Creason, VLC Associates Ltd.
• Robert Del Genio, CTP, CDG Group LLC (now part of FTI Consulting)
• Kelly DiBlasi, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP

Transaction of the Year: Pro Bono - The Big Apple Circus, Ltd.

• Alison Bauer, Torys LLP
• Robin Chiu, Goldin Associates, LLC
• Robert J. Feinstein, Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP
• M. Natasha Labovitz, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
• Robert Schmidt, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
• Christopher Updike, formerly Debevoise & Plimpton LLP