Mr. Asplund’s experience includes advising management, boards, lenders and shareholders on a wide variety of transactions to facilitate acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and financings. He has served clients in Canada and the U.S. across industries including energy, manufacturing, forestry, transportation, mining and construction.

He has led a $150 million syndicated, asset backed facility for a large oilfield services company. This specialized facility was used mainly for corporate acquisitions that enabled the company to focus on closing and integrating organizations with confidence. This type of facility was also successfully used in other industries for acquisition purposes. Additionally, Mr. Asplund was responsible for the sale-leaseback refinancing for several large oil and gas production companies that monetized specific assets, as well as provided unique cash flow and tax advantages to the companies. Several of these facilities were cross border. He led $25 million+ in annual sale-leaseback financings to one of Canada’s largest construction companies. This facility was an asset-based lease with true residual and off-balance sheet treatment.

Mr. Asplund also led a $25 million project financing for a significant asset expansion for an oilfield services company and was also responsible for multiple ($20 million - $50 million) asset-based term financing and acquisition lines. Often these facilities were unique with “stretch” qualities that were advantageous to the industries served. He has also worked extensively with private equity firms in LBO asset acquisitions as well as restructuring bank lines and has specialized in recapitalizing mid-market companies with multiple lender consolidations.

Prior to joining Alvarez & Marsal, Mr. Asplund worked at GE Capital for over 17 years in various leadership and lending roles. In his last role, he was responsible for leading a team of senior lenders throughout Western Canada.

Mr. Asplund earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Lethbridge, majoring in both accounting and finance. He is a CFA charter holder and a member of the Association for Corporate Growth.