Managing Director
 
Email: james.doak@millerbuckfire.com
Tel: 212-895-1829
 
James Doak is a Managing Director of Miller Buckfire.  Mr. Doak's experience includes M&A, financing and restructuring transactions on behalf of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Broder Bros. Co., Magna Entertainment Corp., Standard Pacific Corp., Allied Holdings, Hines Horticulture, ITC^DeltaCom, Level 3 Communications, Kanebo Ltd., Burlington Industries, Horizon Natural Resources, CenterPoint Energy, ICG Communications, Gilat Satellite Networks, Viatel, BTI Telecom and Allied Riser Communications.  Mr. Doak has also represented creditor constituents in various restructuring transactions including Idearc, Wilton Brands Inc. and The Lenox Group.  Mr. Doak is a former member of the financial restructuring group of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, which he joined in 2000.  Mr. Doak has focused on a variety of sectors throughout his career, including gaming, distribution, home goods, telecommunications, information technology, textiles and power generation and transmission.  Prior to joining Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, he was an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co.    He is a member of the Turnaround Management Association and a frequent panelist at industry conferences.  Mr. Doak has an M.B.A. (with high distinction) from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar, a J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School and an A.B. (magna cum laude) from Harvard University.