Mr. Kelly has extensive experience representing both debtors and creditors in out-of-court restructurings and formal bankruptcy proceedings. He has served as an interim manager and as an advisor to companies and senior lender syndications for complex multi-national corporate restructurings.

Mr. Kelly has advised senior management, boards of directors and senior lender syndications for many of the largest textile and apparel industry restructurings, including Westpoint Stevens, Galey & Lord, Cone Mills, Fruit of the Loom and Carolina Mills. He has been an advisor to companies and lenders throughout the global marketplace with specific geographic focus in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean Basin, Latin America and Asia.

Mr. Kelly has served as an interim co-chief executive officer, as an advisor to private and public companies and as an advisor to senior lenders, including Bank of America and Wachovia. His services have included the development and implementation of turnaround plans; the development and review of business plans, including viability analysis of domestic versus offshore manufacturing; the establishment of offshore manufacturing; the divestiture of non-core business units; the operational analysis of cash conservation and management programs; the restructuring of sales and marketing operations; liquidations; and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Kelly was a partner in the U.S. division of KPMG’s Corporate Recovery practice. He was also a managing director in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Business Recovery Services practice. Mr. Kelly began his career with Mobil Oil Corporation and was also co-founding partner and president of Lovell Capital Management, a financial advisory boutique.

Mr. Kelly has a master of science studies from Boston College and a B.A. from Boston University. He is a board member of the North Carolina Manufacturers Association and a member of the Turnaround Member Association, the Association for Corporate Growth, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the Georgia Textile Manufacturing Association and the North Carolina Trade Organization.