Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corporation is the nation's 12th largest home mortgage lender, headquartered in Ocala, FL. The Company serviced $80 billion of mortgage loans and originated approximately $40 billion of mortgage loans in the last 12 months. NCA was engaged to provide Chief Restructuring Officer and other support personnel in connection with Taylor Bean's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Navigant professionals coordinated and directed the administration of the Company's Chapter 11 case, including assistance with respect to the preparation of bankruptcy schedules, statements of financial affairs and any plan of reorganization or liquidation relating to the Company.

Green Bank is a national bank headquartered in Houston, Texas and focuses on the commercial and private banking needs of middle market businesses and individuals. Navigant Capital Advisors was engaged as financial advisor to Green Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Green Bank, N.A., in closing an aggregate $100 million private placement of common stock of the company with several independent investment firms. The investors include funds affiliated with Friedman Fleischer & Lowe, LLC, Harvest Partners, LP and Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC. The new capital was used to expand current operations, as well as to pursue growth opportunities, including bank and branch acquisitions, structured transactions and FDIC-assisted transactions.

NCA was retained by SageCrest II, LLC's investors and appointed by the bankruptcy court to manage the $750 million hedge fund operating in Chapter 11. Our professionals were responsible for management of the fund including overall responsibility for performance improvement of operating assets (three hotels, a condo development, a golf course among others) in addition to raw land assets, a life settlement portfolio, asset-backed loans and corporate loans. NCA oversight includes near-term exit from Chapter 11 and ultimate disposition of all fund asset over a multi-year process.

NCA was appointed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois as Financial Advisor to the estate of $1.5 billion Sentinel Management Group, Inc., reporting to the court‐appointed trustee. NCA assisted the trustee and outside counsel in the operation and management of the estate, identification and collection of all electronic and hard‐copy data, performing forensic analysis of historical trading, financing and customer account activity, tracing and identification of fund assets and development of accounting, solvency and other financial analyses in support of legal action brought by the trustee against third parties. In addition, our professionals participated in presentations of factual information and analyses to the Creditors Committees and regulators, including SEC, CFTC and NFA. Declarations were submitted in support of litigation and NCA served as testifying experts in current and contemplated litigation against third parties.

Navigant Consulting, Inc./ NCA was appointed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York as Financial Advisor to the estate of the $450 million Bayou Funds, reporting to the Sole Managing Member of the Estate. Our professionals were responsible for assisting the Sole Managing Member in recreating the financial books and records of this failed fund, obtaining necessary hard-copy documentation, performing forensic analysis on historic fund assets, and tracing of investors’ contributions and redemptions. In addition, the team was responsible for developing the financial models used in valuing and determining the proper equitable reallocation of Estate assets to fund investors. The team regularly met with the Estate’s counsel, government representatives including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the fund’s creditors’ committee to assist the Sole Managing Member in the appropriate wind-down of the fund.

Navigant Consulting, Inc. / NCA is assisting a $14 billion hedge fund family, which recently experienced a significant decline in performance resulting in a number of investors requesting redemptions. Given the adverse impact liquidation would have on realization of asset values, the hedge fund family is working with the group of investors to bifurcate the Funds into a group of liquidating funds and go-forward funds. NCA has been engaged to oversee the process to ensure fairness in the allocation of assets including hard-to-value illiquid assets, determine the viability of the new go-forward fund, and to ensure proper communication with all investor groups with respect to the restructuring alternatives.

GMAC ResCap is the second largest independent residential mortgage lender in the U.S., originating first and second lien residential mortgage loans through a nationwide network of retail offices, direct lending centers and internet sites. Our professionals were retained to create and execute a plan to mitigate the negative impact caused by the downturn in the subprime and homebuilding market. NCA worked with management to create and execute a detailed risk mitigation plan and managed total aggregate exposure in excess of $15 billion including the orderly liquidation of the largest mortgage warehouse lending portfolio in the U.S. Specific tasks included:

• Creation and oversight of a 70 person special assets team;


• Development and oversight of collateral monitoring and exposure management systems;


• Oversight of loan sale execution process responsible for disposition of over $3 billion of mortgages; and


• Negotiation and implementation of bankruptcy strategies associated with maximization of value of distressed debt in connection with the largest subprime origination and homebuilder bankruptcies.

GMAC ResCap is the second largest independent residential mortgage lender in the U.S., originating first and second lien residential mortgage loans through a nationwide network of retail offices, direct lending centers and internet sites. Our professionals were retained to create and execute a plan to mitigate the negative impact caused by the downturn in the subprime and homebuilding market. NCA worked with management to create and execute a detailed risk mitigation plan and managed total aggregate exposure in excess of $15 billion including the orderly liquidation of the largest mortgage warehouse lending portfolio in the U.S. Specific tasks included:

• Creation and oversight of a 70 person special assets team;


• Development and oversight of collateral monitoring and exposure management systems;


• Oversight of loan sale execution process responsible for disposition of over $3 billion of mortgages; and


• Negotiation and implementation of bankruptcy strategies associated with maximization of value of distressed debt in connection with the largest subprime origination and homebuilder bankruptcies.

E*TRADE Financial Corp. is a global company, offering a wide range of financial solutions to retail, institutional and corporate customers. NCA professionals performed a number of valuations of various reporting units under SFAS 141 and 142. Assets valued include customer relationships, contracts, covenants not to compete, referral agreements and trade names.