Creditor Advisory
Creditors of distressed companies often need external support and counsel to resolve their issues. No matter what the situation or which parties are involved, you need a trusted, experienced partner that understands the situation. Our goal is to maximize creditor recoveries. We leverage our extensive expertise and decades of industry experience to provide critical analysis and viable strategic alternatives to deliver the optimal outcomes for our clients.
How We Help
Whether you’re a secured or unsecured creditor, partner with FTI Consulting. For decades, we’ve helped creditors — including global financial institutions, institutional investors, credit investors, national and regional banks, noteholders, lenders, indenture trustees, government agencies, unions, landlords and many others — get their deals done while minimizing losses and maximizing value.
We help you:
- Plan for the “now” and the future: Assess short-term and long-term liquidity needs
- Determine if a company is generating sufficient cash flow to service their obligations: Evaluate operations and reasonableness of business plans
- Know what the company is worth: Determine enterprise value
- Understand what you can get: Analyze debt service capabilities and design appropriate capital structures
- Gain consensus to move forward: Negotiate restructurings by building consensus among creditors and negotiating with other stakeholders
- Trace and recover funds: Investigate intercompany transactions and potential fraud
- Take the lead: Lead and support strategic transaction processes, including asset sales and capital raises
- Understand the landscape: Align constituency expectations with economic realities
- Enforce creditor rights: We will put together and implement a strategy to enforce a creditor’s legal rights if necessary
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Meet Our Experts
Steven D. Simms
Senior Managing Director
New York, NY
Greg Watson
Senior Managing Director, Leader of Canada and Latin America Corporate Finance & Restructuring
Toronto, ON
John Park
Senior Managing Director, Head of Australia Corporate Finance & Restructuring
Brisbane, QLD
Diederick van der Plas
Senior Managing Director, Head of EMEA Corporate Finance & Restructuring
London, United Kingdom