Skip Victor

Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Finance professional, Investor, Jewish, Musician

Skip Victor is a senior managing director and co-leader of the Global Restructuring Advisory business unit. He has more than 20 years of restructuring experience. Skip has extensive experience in all phases of corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, court testimony and other advisory services for companies on a global basis. Skip was a co-founder of Chanin Capital Partners in 1990 and has focused on complex restructurings and recapitalizations since 1986. Chanin Capital Partners was acquired by Duff & Phelps in October 2006. Both prior to and subsequent to Duff’s acquisition, Chanin has consistently been ranked as one of the leading restructuring firms in the country. In 2010 Chanin was awarded Boutique Restructuring Financial Advisor of the Year by the Turnaround Atlas Awards. Skip has also been a guest lecturer on several reorganization panels, including seminars on bankruptcy taxation and the UCLA Graduate School of Management. Prior to Duff & Phelps and Chanin Capital Partners, Skip was vice president in the corporate finance department of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., specializing in bankruptcies and restructurings. While at Drexel, Skip worked on a number of transactions, including leveraged buyouts, exclusive sales, new financings and exchange offers. Skip received his M.B.A. from the UCLA Graduate School of Management, where he received the Dean's Award for Outstanding Service, and his B.A. from Cornell University.

Education, music, investing and fly-fishing