David Kurtz
Vice Chairman & CEO of Professional Services at Hilco Global; 40+ year restructuring and M&A dealmaker, formerly Head of Global Restructuring at Lazard
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Jul 9, 2026
Jack ButlerMODERATOR
Just walk me through, you know, what on your legal career, why you switched to investment banking, and then how you've ended up and what you're doing at Hilco.
David KurtzGUEST
Okay, I'll give you the, let's see if I can condense it down into a couple of minutes of sound bites.
David KurtzGUEST
So, you know, back to our story, I joined a little firm, bankruptcy explodes, all the big firms decide they want to enter the world of bankruptcy.
David KurtzGUEST
And so now, it's probably 1985 or so, every firm in Chicago that never would have even considered interviewing me is interested in hiring me.
David KurtzGUEST
me because I had some bankruptcy experience and they wanted to build bankruptcy groups.
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