bnortman@hilcocc.com

Benjamin L. Nortman | Managing Director

Ben is respected as an expert in structuring complex asset acquisition and disposition transactions. He serves three roles within Hilco, as Executive Vice President of Hilco Merchant Resources, a world leader in retail asset disposition and operational services, as Managing Director of Hilco Consumer Capital, an investment arm of Hilco focused on branded consumer companies, and as Executive Vice President of Hilco Trading, the holding company for the entire Hilco platform.

In his roles with Hilco Merchant Resources and Hilco Trading, Ben helps companies, their lenders and professional advisors structure transactions to maximize returns on inventory, machinery and equipment, real estate and accounts receivable. Since 1996, Ben has managed some of the largest asset disposition transactions in North America. Since 2006, he has worked with Hilco Consumer Capital and helped lead the investments in The Sharper Image, Tommy Armour Golf, Bombay Company, Linens ‘N Things and Frederick’s of Hollywood.

Prior to joining Hilco, Ben was a Chicago bankruptcy and creditors’ rights attorney at the prominent law firms, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue and Holleb & Coff.