The paths of Jeffrey Pribor and Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) have been intertwined for a while now.

It was Jefferies maritime investment banker Pribor who helped OSG out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2014 with a $1.3bn institutional debt financing underwritten by his bank.

Earlier this year, Pribor was at it again, advising New York-based OSG on its attempts to find a merger partner for its fleet of internationally-trading tankers.

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