Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Valuation Issues: Demystifying Trends, Updates, and COVID-19 Implications

Julia Zhu is an Associate at The Brattle Group. She specializes in bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, and complex financial transaction disputes involving business and securities valuation.

Ms. Zhu is experienced in financial advisory and litigation consulting. She has issued valuation reports, supported experts in high-profile bankruptcy proceedings, and conducted extensive analysis on matters related to valuation, solvency, fraudulent conveyance, and M&A disputes. Ms. Zhu has conducted a study on bankruptcy exit financings that was presented at a national valuation conference, and authored a Law360 article on the bankruptcy implications of COVID-19.

Ms. Zhu is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Travis Keath is a Principal at VALUE, Incorporated, where he advises clients regarding the valuation of assets and business interests, operational and capital restructuring, corporate mergers, forensic analysis, and business disputes, both in and out of court. He began his career in the Reorganization & Litigation Services practice at Price Waterhouse, working with insolvent companies and lending institutions during the 1980s Texas banking crisis and its aftermath. His more than 30 years serving distressed companies and their creditors has spanned two global accounting and consulting firms as well as two boutique financial valuation firms.

Mr. Keath holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the Accredited in Business Valuation designation conferred by the AICPA. He has served as an expert witness on matters of financial valuation, corporate insolvency, economic damages, and other corporate finance issues in numerous federal and state courts nationwide.