Areas of Expertise

  • Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Chapter 11 Trustee 
  • Crisis Management
  • CRO
  • Financial Advisor 
  • Interim Management
  • Investment Banking 
  • Judicial Receiver      
  • M&A
  • Turnarounds / Restructuring 

Industries

  • Agriculture
  • Biofuels
  • Healthcare
  • Manufacturing

Prominent Cases

  • Easterday Ranches, Advisor to Unsecured Creditor's Committee Chapter 11
  • Nova BioSource Fuels, CRO Chapter 11
  • Central Illinois Energy, CRO Chapter 11
  • Moon Ridge Foods, Judicial Receiver
  • Hillsboro Hospital, Chapter 11 Trustee

Education

  • BFA Western Illinois University 
  • MFA from Northwestern University 

Designations

  • CTP

Experience

  • 7 Years with Firm
  • 26 Years of Relevant Experience

Biography

Brent King is a management and advisory professional with 35 years' experience as an executive leader and 25 years' experience as a corporate insolvency leader.

Mr. King has served as the CEO, CRO, Judicial Receiver, Chapter 11 Trustee, Interim CFO, or senior advisor to both public and private corporations in wide range of industries that include pork processing; swine, beef and dairy production; hospitals; row crop and grain production; vegetable production and distribution; soybean crushing; grain elevators; biodiesel and ethanol production; agricultural equipment manufacturing; truck body manufacturing; hospitals; plastic injection; trucking logistics; and construction.

Mr. King is a fourth-generation farmer from Illinois who resides in Kansas City. Highlights of Mr. King's restructuring and executive experience include:

  • Easterday Ranches Chapter 11: Financial Advisor to the Unsecured Creditor's Committee of this 22,000-acre cattle ranch and crop farm that perpetuated a $280 million cattle billing-fraud scheme in the Western District of Washington.
  • Express Grain Terminals Chapter 11: Financial Advisor and Investment Banker to the secured creditor in this 3.5-million-bu. grain elevator with a 1,500 ton-per-day soybean crush plant that perpetuated a $50 million grain sale fraud in Central Mississippi.
  • Nova BioSource Fuels Chapter 11: CRO of this publicly traded, multi-state biodiesel refinery with 60 MGPY capacity and state-of-the-art refinery facilities.
  • Central Illinois Energy Chapter 11: CRO of this 50 MGPY ethanol manufacturer with a farmer-cooperative grain elevator and electric co-generation facility.
  • Moon Ridge Foods: Judicial Receiver and Investment Banker to this live pork processing facility with up to 5,000 head per-day capacity in Southwestern Missouri.
  • Sow Operation US/Canada: Financial Advisor to 20,000 sow operation that produces weaned pigs at various North American sites.
  • Hillsboro Community Hospital Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Trustee of this Kansas based, critical access hospital, used with ten other community hospitals to perpetuate a $1.4 Billion dollar billing fraud scheme.
  • I70 Hospital: Judicial Receiver of this Missouri based, critical access hospital, used with ten other community hospitals to perpetuate a $1.4 Billion dollar billing fraud scheme.
  • Grisham Farms Chapter 11: Interim Operations Manager of this Southern Missouri poultry feed ingredient producer that recycled human food products into poultry-feed pellet binding agents.
  • Murphy Farms: Judicial Receiver of this 5,000-acre corn and soybean farm in Central Illinois.
  • CT&T: Judicial Receiver of this 2,500-sow weaned-pig production facility in Northern Missouri.
  • Etcher Farm Chapter 11: CRO of this Iowa and Illinois based dairy and row crop farm.
  • Charcoal Production Facility: Judicial Receiver of this Missouri based producer of hardwood charcoal.
  • Jonesburg Sawmill: Judicial Receiver of this hardwood sawmill located in East Central Missouri.
  • Crop Farm 25,000-acres: Financial Advisor to an insolvent grain and row crop farm in the Central Plains.
  • Crop Farm 20,000 acres: Financial advisor to this insolvent grain farm in the North-Central Plains.
  • Mushroom Grower and Distributor: Financial Advisor to the secured creditor of a large Pennsylvania based mushroom grower preparing to file Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
  • Terra/Blue Sun Energy Chapter 11: Financial Advisor to this 20 MGPY biodiesel refinery with an advanced jet biofuel pilot plant in Northwestern Missouri.
  • Eagle Homes - Stonebrook Crossing: Judicial Receiver of this insolvent residential and commercial real estate development in West-Central Illinois.
  • Kewanee Corporation Chapter 11: CRO of this steel doors and vinyl window manufacturer.
  • Classic Coach in Chapter 11: CRO of this accessible van manufacturer.
  • Ag-Gressor Manufacturing Chapter 11: CRO of this truck body manufacturer of self-propelled agriculture sprayers and municipal sludge applicators.
  • King Systems Inc.: Founder and CEO of this swine feeding and penning system manufacturer and named inventor of the company's patented swine feeding products.

    Mr. King is a Certified Turnaround Professional, a member of the TMA, ABI, and a State Director of the Commercial Receiver Association. He earned a BFA in Music Theory from Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL and an MFA in Cello Performance from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He is the named inventor of several US and foreign patents, an instrument-rated pilot, a musician, a fine woodworker, and a graduate of The Leadership Trust.

B. Riley Advisory Services works with lenders, law firms, private equity sponsors and companies of all types. Our Advisory Services are a unique mix of Valuation and Appraisal Services including asset-based lending (ABL) Valuations; Restructuring and Turnaround Management; Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support; Operations Management; Compliance, Risk & Resilience Services; and Transaction Support Services including Due Diligence and Quality of Earnings Reviews. B. Riley Advisory Services is the trade name for GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, LLC, Great American Group Advisory & Valuation Services, LLC, Great American Group Machinery & Equipment, LLC, and Great American Group Intellectual Property Advisors, LLC.