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Laureen M. Ryan specializes in accounting and forensic investigations, and disputes with complex economic, valuation, solvency and financial issues. With 600 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 Direct: +1 212 763 9568 Mobile: +1 917 797 6691 lryan@alvarezandmarsal.com Certifications Certified Public Accountant Accredited Business Valuer Certified Distressed Business Valuer Certified Fraud Examiner Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor Professional Affiliations American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Founding Member, International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation Education B.S. Accounting & Economics Oswego University over 25 years of experience, Ms. Ryan has advised boards, corporations and stakeholders to help resolve high stakes financial, regulatory and legal issues. She has led complex multi-national investigations, including those involving FCPA and Qui Tam issues, and made presentations to the SEC, the NYS Banking Department, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Corporate Boards and other constituents. Her In her fiduciary roles as Responsible Officer, Chapter 11 Trustee, and Liquidating Trustee of various entities in the U.S. and abroad, she preserved value, sold assets and real estate, conducted investigations, prepared valuation estimates, pursued litigation recoveries, resolved complex business, accounting and financial matters, administered/resolved claims and made distributions. For example, she was appointed as a Chapter 11 Trustee of Raymark Corp. ($6 billion of asbestos claims) and Responsible Officer of Enterprise Mortgage Acceptance Company. She also led the financial advisory (FA) team that assisted (a) the Receiver in the Sagam Companies case (Investment Advisory for wealthy foreign investors); and (b) the Examiners’ investigations in Advanced Mining Systems, Firestar Diamond, Extended Stay Hotels, Samuels Jewelers, and Caesars Entertainment (52 properties and involved over fifteen transactions that took place over more than a five-year period). She is currently leading the FA team supporting the SunEdison Litigation Trustee and Firestar Diamond Chapter 11 Trustee providing, among other things, claim resolution and recovery related services. She was Co-President of the Board of Managers of a luxury Condo with 377 units, is currently a board member of a full-service coop with 142 apartments and has completed the NY Bar Certified Course for Receiverships.

o Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global professional services firm specializing in turnaround and interim management, performance improvement, and business advisory services. The Disputes and Investigations division (“DI Division”) we provide a broad range of fiduciary services. More specifically, we serve as, or advise, independent fiduciaries (e.g., special committees, independent directors, examiners, trustees, administrators, and receivers) and regulators and bring deep expertise in providing investigation and litigation services related to companies facing a crisis. We investigate and assess the value of potential causes of action, model and assess settlement strategies and assist in securing recoveries in a cost-effective manner. We reconstruct audit trails, analyze relevant facts, conduct asset search and asset preservation, and provide control and stability for companies subject to judicial supervision. We have served as court-appointed trustees, examiners, plan administrators, litigation trustees, liquidating trustees, mediators, monitors and receivers in multiple cases. The A&M DI Division brings forensic accountants, technologists, and former regulators and law enforcement to our investigations and compliance matters, leveraging experts across an expansive global footprint to meet transnational investigation and compliance requirements. We also conduct rigorous financial and economic analysis to help resolve complex disputes – from the boardroom to the courtroom. Our experts are adept at providing in-depth analysis, quantum of damages, forensic accounting, valuation and expert testimony in litigation and international arbitration matters.