Turnaround & Restructuring

Providing clients with expert advice and access to global capital markets.

Overview

Executing value in complex environments

When a business is in transition, the choices made in the first weeks shape the next several years. Hall Chadwick partners with management teams, sponsors, boards, and lenders to stabilise operations, preserve enterprise value, and deliver outcomes that are sound, actionable, and durable.

Our turnaround and restructuring professionals have led companies through performance improvement programs, in-court and out-of-court restructurings, distressed M&A processes, and full operational transformations across industries — including natural resources, industrials, healthcare, financial services, technology, hospitality, and consumer.

01

Turnaround & Restructuring

  • Cash and liquidity management.
  • Debt restructuring and refinancings.
  • Creditor and stakeholder negotiations.
  • Out-of-court workouts and in-court support.
  • Interim C-suite and crisis management.
  • Balance sheet optimization.
  • Covenant analysis and credit agreement negotiations.

02

Performance Improvement

  • Cash management and liquidity enhancement.
  • Cash flow and margin enhancement.
  • Growth strategy design and implementation.
  • Customer and product profitability analysis.
  • Overhead optimization and synergy capture.
  • Supply chain optimization.
  • Management of business transformation programs.
  • Divestiture of non-core assets or businesses.
  • Industry outlook and microeconomic analysis.
  • Benchmarking to initial projections and industry comparables.

03

Interim Management

  • Interim C-suite (CEO, CFO, COO, CRO) capabilities.
  • Interim and permanent board seats.
  • Financial operations coverage — controller, FP&A, and budgeting.
  • Treasury operations.
  • Supply chain management.
  • Cash forecasting and liquidity management.
  • Cultural change implementation.

04

Special Situations & Distressed Advisory

  • Distressed and opportunistic M&A — buy-side and sell-side.
  • Section 363 sale processes and accelerated divestitures.
  • Portfolio company triage and wind-downs.
  • Bridge-to-exit and pre-sale restructuring for sponsors.
  • Integration with legal, tax, and capital partners.

05

Audit & Forensic Accounting

Independent financial statement reviews, risk management, litigation support, valuation diligence, and compliance services — leveraging the firm’s chartered accounting heritage.

06

Taxation

International tax and withholding analysis, income tax compliance, dispute resolution, and tax audit support — coordinated alongside the restructuring workstream so tax outcomes inform deal structuring from day one.

Our Process

A proven four-stage turnaround approach

Assessment

diagnostic, 13-week cash, covenant review, stakeholder mapping.

Strategy

turnaround plan, restructuring options, financing strategy, board alignment.

Execution

interim leadership, negotiations, refinancing, in- and out-of-court processes.

Transition

Stabilised operations handed back to management or sponsor for the next phase of growth.

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