Young Conaway Celebrates 11 Honors at the 20th Annual Turnaround Awards
January 19, 2026 – Press Release
On January 19, 2026, The M&A Advisor announced the winners of its 20th Annual Turnaround Awards. Young Conaway is proud to announce it was named a winner in the following 11 categories and transactions:
- Consumer Discretionary Deal of the Year (Over $1B) for the Chapter 11 Reorganization of Franchise Group.
- Industrials Deal of the Year (Over $100MM) for the Restructuring and Going Concern Sale of True Value to Do it Test Corp.
- IT Deal of the Year ($100MM to $500MM) for the Section 363 Sale of Akoustis Technologies Inc.
- Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year ($50MM to $100MM) for the Restructuring of Presperse Corporation.
- Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year ($500MM to $1B) for the Restructuring of Accuride Corporation
- Chapter 11 Reorganization of the Year (Over $5B) for the Chapter 11 Reorganization and Liquidation of Silvergate Capital Corp.
- Turnaround Award (Over $100MM) for the Sale of Claire's Holdings.
- Cross-Border Restructuring of the Year (Over $1B) for the Restructuring of WOM Chile (a/k/a NC Telecom II).
- Restructuring Community Impact Award for the Section 363 Sale and Chapter 11 Reorganization of Gritstone Bio.
- Restructuring of the Year ($25MM to $50MM) for the Restructuring of Wag!
- Restructuring of the Year ($1B to $5B) for the Chapter 11 Restructuring of At Home Group Inc.