Mesirow Financial hires Matthew Shirah to boost restructuring group By Marisa Wong Milwaukee, Sept. 21 - Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC announced the appointment of Matthew Shirah as managing director in its corporate recovery group. Based in Atlanta, Shirah will concentrate on the continued build-out of Mesirow's national corporate restructuring practice and will report to Ralph S. Tuliano, Mesirow's president and executive managing director. "Matt will focus on growing our restructuring practice in the southeast and increasing our broad footprint and ability to service clients in markets across the country," said Tuliano in a press release. "We are very pleased with Matt's return to [Mesirow] as this illustrates our continued ability to attract top talent in the marketplace." Shirah has years of experience advising creditors and debtors on various aspects of corporate restructurings and reorganizations, including the development of liquidity and cost management strategies. His industry expertise ranges from airlines and real estate to finance, manufacturing and retail, Mesirow said. Most recently, Shirah served as director at Alvarez & Marsal, where he advised clients on cost management, forecasting, business plan assessment and bankruptcy planning and procedures. Prior to that, he was senior vice president at Mesirow before leaving to pursue his M.B.A. Shirah holds a certified insolvency and restructuring advisor designation and is a member of the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He received his B.S.B.A. in Finance from Appalachian State and his M.B.A. from Emory University. Mesirow Financial is a diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago.

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