Chad is a consultant for Akin, supporting the firm’s corporate and environmental, social and governance practice groups. He has over 25 years of legal and business experience advising and working with public and private companies, with a particular emphasis on corporate governance and finance.

Chad has deep experience structuring, negotiating and documenting corporate finance, structured finance, capital markets and M&A transactions. He previously served as chief internal counsel for Washington Mutual’s treasury group. In that role, Chad managed a team covering corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, capital markets and tax matters.

In addition, Chad has extensive financial reporting experience. Most recently, he managed Washington Mutual’s Chapter 11 proceedings, as well as resuming and managing the business operations and legal affairs of the reorganized debtor. Chad assisted Washington Mutual’s board of directors with identifying and evaluating strategic opportunities, corporate governance, risk management, securities compliance and subsidiary maintenance. Chad was recently appointed to serve as a Director for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Avoidance Actions Trust.