Even high-performing businesses face challenges at some point in their lifecycles, particularly during uncertain or rapidly changing environments. In these high-stakes situations, a step in the wrong direction can have serious effects on financial performance, liquidity, stakeholder confidence and company value.

Our Financial Turnaround team combines business advisory and financial restructuring expertise to support clients in solving their most complex problems. We act fast and decisively to help you protect and restore value, establishing a stable platform for business transformation, typically focusing on four phases:

  • Understanding and assessing the now
  • Recommending measures to create a stable platform
  • Developing credible and executable plans
  • Coordinating and managing stakeholders to obtain required support

Our approach is tailored to your individual circumstances, providing solutions that will positively impact your businesses. These include: 

  • Stakeholder coordination and management
  • Crisis cash management
  • Financial and situational analysis
  • Balance sheet optimisation
  • Strategic advice and options
  • Negotiating, structuring and implementing plans


Stakeholder management and coordination



  • Crisis management, providing support to stabilise a business and retain control
  • Identifying all relevant stakeholders
  • Assessing individual objectives and motives
  • Ongoing communication and implementing protocols


Crisis cash management



  • Analysing short-term (13 week) and medium-term cash flow forecasts
  • Identifying immediate levers and accelerated working capital solutions
  • Assessing banking facilities, availability and requirements
  • Implementing cash management protocols


Financial analysis and commentary



  • Independent financial and situational analysis of performance and forecasts
  • Organisational, operational and commercial analysis
  • Optimising short-term working capital 
  • Cost-out and reduction


Strategic advice and options



  • Strategic review of key stakeholders, priorities and requirements
  • Assessing capital allocation and requirements (fix, hold, sell)
  • Valuation in whole or on a sum of the parts basis
  • Exit or solvent wind-down analysis


Negotiating, structuring and implementing plans



  • Assistance in negotiations with key stakeholders
  • Preparing and organising communication plans
  • Analysis, commentary or preparation of supporting financials
  • Coordinating support from relevant stakeholders
  • Ongoing monitoring and post-deal support

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