When it is no longer business as usual, stressed companies must act quickly and decisively to avoid critical complications.

Many businesses can suffer cash flow and profitability issues. CEOs, finance professionals and lenders need to read the signs of financial stress and operational underperformance and take prompt and effective action.

Early intervention is essential if underperforming businesses are to avoid severe damage to their operations and reputations. Prevention involves promptly establishing the right priorities for preserving and enhancing value.

How we can help

Our work involves helping management to stabilise the business, reorganise borrowings, rebuild performance, enhance profitability and build a stable platform for sustainable growth. Our restructuring professionals draw on a portfolio of financial, operational and management experience.

Our specific services cover:

• strategic business reviews
• business restructuring and planning
• performance improvement
• lender assistance
• shareholder management and negotiation
• distressed financing and refinancing
• cash and working capital strategy
• cost reduction
• asset divestment
• exit planning and implementation
• debtor, creditor or court-driven formal restructurings.

Our objective is to assist management to work through episodes of significant financial and operational stress without having to resort to formal insolvency arrangements.

The quality of our work reflects the technical capabilities and the commercial insights of our restructuring professionals, our cross-disciplinary approach to client engagements, our access to KPMG’s global resources and our extensive experience gained from advising listed and unlisted companies, multinational enterprises, government entities and leading not-for-profit organisations.

Safe Harbour Eligibility tool
The COVID moratorium on personal liability for directors attributable to insolvent trading expires on 31 December 2020. Assess the eligibility of your company for the Safe Harbour eligibility criteria using KPMG's online tool.

Company Insolvency Assessment tool
What are insolvency indicators and what should I do about them? Self-assess your business with KPMG's 'Is my company insolvent?' app and receive a rating of your current level of risk and suggestions on what to do next.