Oppenheimer's Restructuring Expert, John Stark, to Join GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010

New York, NY, February 21, 2010 --(PR.com)-- John Stark, Managing Director in Oppenheimer & Co. Inc’s Restructuring and Special Situations Group in Los Angeles, CA, will participate at GoldenNetworking.com's Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010, February 26th, in New York City, joining an exceptional faculty of top business and investment minds, who will provide the most up to date review of the complexities that arise investing in Distressed Financial Assets, Debt and Commercial and Residential Real Estate.

Prior to joining Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Mr. Stark was the Managing Principal of Water Tower Capital, LLC, in Chicago, a specialty investment banking firm that provided Valuations, Fairness Opinions, Litigation Support and Corporate Recovery Services with respect to the issues that arise in corporate turnarounds and financial restructurings.

Prior to founding Water Tower Capital, LLC, in 2001, Mr. Stark was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Special Investments Group of PPM America from 1990 to 2000, where he managed $900 million in three distressed securities funds, a $1.5 Billion Commercial Finance Portfolio, and a $1 Billion workout portfolio. In 1999, Cambridge Associates compared the performance of 37 distressed asset managers who collectively manage >$20 billion of distressed assets. PPM America’s distressed funds finished with the second highest performance for 1998, and the highest performance for the two-year period ending December 31, 1998.

Mr. Stark is a co-author of “Marriott Risk: A New Model Covenant to Restrict Transfers of Wealth From Bondholders to Stockholders” published in Volume 1994, Number 3 of the Columbia Business Law Review. Mr. Stark has an AB from Wabash College and a JD from Vanderbilt University School of Law.

Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010 is produced by GoldenNetworking.com (http://www.goldennetworking.com), the premier networking community for businessmen, entrepreneurs, professionals and diplomats, founded by former McKinsey consultant Edgar Perez. Upcoming Leaders Forums and Business Networking receptions include:

- High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour (http://www.HFTHappyHour.com), March 1st, 2010, New York City
- Hedge Funds Leaders Forum 2010, "Generating Alpha in Challenging Times" (http://www.HedgeFundsLeadersForum.com), March 18th, 2010, New York City
- Banking M&A Leaders Forum 2010, "Have Deal-Making Hit Bottom Yet?" (http://www.BankingLeadersForum.com), March 25th, 2010, Washington DC
- Venture Capital Leaders Forum 2010, "Setting the Stage for Transformational Change" (http://www.VCLeadersForum.com), April 16th, 2010, Boston, MA
- Real Estate Leaders Forum 2010 (http://www.RealEstateLeadersForum.com), April 22nd, 2010, New York City

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