About
pablo bonjour
Founder & CEO
Corporate Restructuring & Turnaround CEO/CRO| Bankruptcy Navigation & Financial Strategist
Proven Restructuring & Turnaround leader with 25+ years driving operational and financial recoveries for complex special-situation engagements across domestic and international clients.
SUMMARY
As the Founder and CEO of VERITAS Restructuring Group, Pablo Bonjour is a recognized architect of middle-market recovery and corporate stabilization. He specializes in guiding distressed enterprises through the complexities of Chapter 11, often serving as a Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) to lead critical stakeholder negotiations and preserve enterprise value under duress.
He has represented clients across various industries which include but are not limited to Oil & Gas, datacenters, agriculture, cryptocurrency, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, and consumer products.
With a career initially forged at Lehman Brothers and Oppenheimer, Pablo brings a sophisticated institutional perspective to the middle market. His recent mandates have addressed novel challenges in emerging fields like Cryptocurrency—where he has managed complex fiduciary and regulatory issues—alongside deep-rooted expertise in Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, and Healthcare. Whether facilitating §363 asset sales or architecting confirmed exit plans, Pablo remains a pivotal advisor for firms navigating the “recalibration” of the modern economy.
CORE EXPERTISE
- Restructuring/Turnaround Management & Strategy
- Bankruptcy Strategy & Financial Advisory
- Interim leadership
- Liquidity & cash management
- Stakeholder negotiations
- Litigation Management
- M&A / exits
KEY METRICS
- 25+ years of executive and advisory experience across 50 states and internationally
- CRO of Texas A&M RELLIS Campus DataCenter estimated completed build development $950 million project
- Chapter 11 Trustee of Electrical Infrastructure Entity
- CRO of national Construction & Remediation Business focused on commercial $10mm-$100MM+ projects historically
- Managed an $80M+ distressed agricultural processing facility to continued operations and value recovery
- Negotiated comprehensive forbearance agreement in 90 days for a $175M annual revenue international commodities broker
- Led financial advisory for Cred, Inc. resulting in a confirmed chapter 11 plan and recognized industry award (M&A Advisor Chapter 11 of the Year, 2022)
- Served as Wind Down Manager to Oil & Gas, Engineering, etc., businesses
ENGAGEMENTS
RELLIS CAMPUS DATA & RESEARCH CENTER
Challenge: Primary investor withdrew from Datacenter project forcing the company into Bankruptcy due to Financial and operational distress at an $150M+ project on the Texas A&M University’s RELLIS Campus, a 45,000-square-foot hyperscale data center complex for high-performance computing (HPC), AI research, cloud services, and data analytics, targeting clients in education, defense, and energy sectors.
Action: Served as CRO, acquired critical Debtor-In-Possession funds allowing the estate to run a sales process while interfacing with secured lenders Chapter 11 reorganization, including asset valuation, creditor negotiations, and exploration of sales or mergers. Provided consulting on risk mitigation, operational scaling, and preservation of intellectual property and partially built facilities. Created collateral documents and presentations for stakeholders, including potential buyers like major tech firms (e.g., Google affiliates). Steward of building construction and obtained critical insurance for project
Result: Identified various potential purchasers while maintaining the doors open and avoiding a chapter 7 conversion
AGRICULTURAL CO-OP FACILITY
Challenge: Financial and operational distress at an $80M facility
Action: Served as CRO, negotiated with secured lenders and USDA
Result: Operated successful Sale Process, sold and shipped $138 million pounds of high quality peanuts and continued operations and maximized recovery value
CRED, INC. – CRYPTOCURRENCY CHAPTER 11
Challenge: First notable U.S. crypto bankruptcy, cypto-loan model was under duress and filed chapter 11 case was under threat of dismissal/conversion
Action: Operated the business, managed the crypto portfolio while providing financial advisory and critical court testimony on behalf of the debtor and the UCC, identifying previously missing cryptocurrency and providing restructuring options
Result: Confirmed plan and industry recognition (Chapter 11 of the Year, 2022).
INDUSTRIES
- Oil & gas
- Datacenters,
- Agriculture/food processing
- Cryptocurrency
- Manufacturing & distribution
- Healthcare
- Consumer products
- Transportation.
CREDENTIALS
- B.B.A., Finance — University of Houston
- MBA — Texas A&M International University
- Former senior roles at Lehman Brothers and Oppenheimer & Co.
Office Hours
Mon-Fri - 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Saturday - 09:00 am to 12:00 pm
Holidays - Closed
Contact Info
717 Texas Ave., 12th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
713-255-2099
info@vrg.co