Martini reports to Barry A. Kastner, managing director, Wachovia Capital Finance. "We are pleased to add Deirdre's extensive background and expertise to our platform," Kastner said. "Because of her experience, she lends a valued perspective to our team supporting our strategic commitment to this restructuring sector in a high-focus area for our business and clients."
Martini comes to Wachovia from CIT Group, where most recently she was managing director and senior restructuring advisor for Commercial Finance and the National Restructuring Group. Prior to that, she was appointed by the U.S. Attorney General as the United States Trustee in the Southern District of New York. In that role, she oversaw the administration of some of the largest and most complex chapter 11 restructurings in recent history.
Martini also served as chair of the restructuring practice at Ivey, Barnum & O'Mara, LLC in Greenwich, Conn., and was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, representing federal agencies in the bankruptcy court and prosecuting bankruptcy crimes. She received a doctor of law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law in New Haven, Conn., and holds a bachelor's from New York University. She is currently an adjunct professor of law at St. John's University in Queens, New York.
About Wachovia Capital Finance
For 60 years, Wachovia Capital Finance, one of the top three North American asset-based loan (ABL) providers as measured by committed facilities, has offered a broad spectrum of financing solutions and specializes in lines of credit from $7.5 million to more than $1 billion. Wachovia Capital Finance is part of the Corporate and Investment Bank of Wachovia Corporation.
About Wachovia
Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the nation's largest diversified financial services companies, with assets of $782.9 billion and market capitalization of $75.3 billion at December 31, 2007. Wachovia provides a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services to customers through 3,400 retail financial centers in 21 states from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California, and nationwide retail brokerage, mortgage lending and auto finance businesses. Globally, clients are served in selected corporate and institutional sectors and through more than 40 international offices. Our retail brokerage operations under the Wachovia Securities brand name manage more than $1.2 trillion in client assets through 17,900 registered representatives in 1,500 offices nationwide. Online banking is available at wachovia.com; online brokerage products and services at wachoviasec.com; and investment products and services at evergreeninvestments.com.
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