Under the leadership of Terence Hudson working with his professional
colleagues and partners, we offer a full spectrum of rescue and turnaround assignments on behalf of companies, partnerships
and individuals who find the viability of their business in question.
Confronting financial difficulties in any business, and particularly in hard-pressed owner-managed
and SME businesses, involves significant management strength and self-awareness. The temptation to neglect or deny the
problem is often huge and, if panic sets in, commercial judgement can desert even the most experienced of business professionals.
Not all distress situations lead to liquidation however, nor even the need for formal protection.
By identifying trouble and moving quickly to seek assistance, a company or business willing to
make changes in the way it operates and enter into informal agreements with its creditors can often avert a crisis and, in
many instances, return a company or business to profitability.
Our specialist team has extensive experience working with troubled and under performing companies/businesses.
We welcome early, free of charge, exploratory conversations from any owner, director or entrepreneur
concerned that their business might be running into troubled waters. We work with sensitivity and professionalism to
establish a trusted business environment in which we can deliver the practical support and advice needed.
The recovery and insolvency solutions in which our partners are experts are:-
INFORMAL AGREEMENTS
In this situation our partners work alongside you in the stabilisation and ongoing management
of your business, reaching agreements with creditors on scheduling repayment, and helping you to restructure processes with
the objective of rescuing the business. In these situations, we are able to provide assistance in raising finance, restructuring
management teams, divesting the business of under performing units and various other strategies necessary for an effective
rescue.
FORMAL AGREEMENTS
UK insolvency legislation provides two kinds of 'formal' protection for companies in difficulty:
Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) enables a company to reach a bind arrangement
with creditors based on a 75% majority vote of voting creditors. The arrangement is then legally binding on all creditors,
regardless of whether or not they voted. This is a highly effective way for a company to negotiate professionally with
its creditors without falling victim to the possible short-term agenda of smaller interests. Our Professional Partners
are licensed to act as a nominee and supervisor in a CVA.
Administration provides a rapidly implemented breathing space, by placing the
company under the control of a licensed Administrator, such as one of our Professional Partners. Once in Administration
the company is protected from adverse actions of creditors while our Professional Partners work with you and your creditors
to formulate acceptable proposals on the future of the business. Once the future direction has been agreed by all parties,
the Administrator then returns executive control of the business.
LIQUIDATIONS
There are of course situations in which a company cannot be saved, or in which liquidation offers
the most desirable solution all round, and our Professional Partners possess enormous experience in helping owners
and directors through such eventualities. Various winding-up procedures exist including Creditors Voluntary Liquidation,
Compulsory Liquidation and Members Voluntary Liquidation. In the extreme event of a company finding itself faced by
such a challenge, the professionalism and empathy of the partners will be there to guide and support throughout.
