ATLANTA – Dec. 12, 2024 –Alison Elko Franklin, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice, has been named a Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Global Trustee. Franklin will serve a two-year term on the Board of Trustees starting in 2025.
Franklin is a long-time leader of the association at both the regional and global levels. She previously served as chair of the TMA Atlanta Chapter, as well as a chair and founding member of its NextGen Committee. At TMA Global, Franklin serves on the Network of Women Committee.
“I am honored and grateful for this opportunity to serve on the Global Board of Trustees,” Franklin said. “I look forward to working with the leaders of this dynamic and important association to further its mission of fostering a community of professionals committed to corporate renewal and distressed investing.”
TMA is a diverse group of professionals in the turnaround, restructuring, and corporate health space. Established in 1988, the association has nearly 10,000 members in 54 chapters worldwide, including 34 in North America. Members include turnaround practitioners, attorneys, accountants, advisors, liquidators, investment bankers, and consultants, as well as academic, government, and judicial employees.
At Greenberg Traurig, Franklin focuses her practice on advising debtors, trustees, creditors' committees, and creditors in corporate reorganizations, municipal reform, creditors' rights litigation, and distressed transactions. She represents clients in Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 9 municipal debt adjustments, Chapter 15 cross-border insolvency proceedings, and Chapter 7 liquidations.