Financial and debt advisory services; Financial consulting and advising in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and recapitalization; Financial capital market advisory services, namely, capital planning, financing team selection, structuring, credit and rating agency presentations, competitive and negotiated sales, document review, and closing and post-closing services; Financial hedge fund advisory services, namely, debt, foreign exchange, equity portfolio, fixed income portfolio and commodities hedging services, including hedge fund structuring, execution, documentation, board education, termination and novation services; Debt defeasance advisory services, namely, structuring escrow funds, soliciting proposals for escrow investments and closing the transactions for tax-exempt and taxable debt obligations