Restructuring & Special Situations
We advise companies facing urgent or complex challenges, from accelerated sale processes to balance sheet stress. We help management teams make decisive, value-preserving choices under pressure.
Service Offering
Our specialists deliver practical, tailored solutions for mid-market and lower mid-market businesses that need rapid, structured action. We focus on diagnosing the situation, testing options and implementing plans that protect value while positioning the business for recovery or a controlled transition.
Core Capabilities
Performance review and options analysis — challenge management plans and identify the most viable paths forward based on current performance and constraints.
Transformation and profit-improvement programs — design defensible operational and commercial interventions to stabilize performance and rebuild confidence including cash flow forecasts and other liquidity analysis tools.
Refinancing and alternative capital — source asset-backed lending and other financing solutions to shore up liquidity and ease covenant pressure.
Accelerated M&A execution — run time-sensitive sale processes and structured disposals to maximize realizable value in constrained windows.
Divestments and carve-outs — manage separations of non-core assets cleanly so core operations remain uninterrupted.
Balance sheet restructuring — advise on debt re-profiling and capital structure adjustments to restore financial resilience.
How We Work
We combine hands-on restructuring expertise with a collaborative approach, working closely with management, creditors and potential buyers to develop pragmatic solutions. Our focus is on clarity, speed and conflict-free advice tailored to the realities of the mid-market.
Why Work with Us
Clients engage us when they need a calm, experienced partner to navigate stress scenarios quickly and effectively, preserving value, restoring operational momentum or managing a controlled exit depending on the best path identified.
Contact
To discuss a restructuring or special situation requirement, contact our advisory team by email at mikebusch@kitswest.com .
Frequently Asked Questions
When should a company consider special situations M&A?
Consider this approach when there is financial distress, an urgent need for disposal, or when a fast, decisive transaction can preserve or recover value. Special situations M&A is designed to create orderly outcomes under tight timelines.
What does a typical restructuring process involve?
Restructuring commonly includes performance diagnostics, operational changes, refinancing options and stakeholder negotiations. Our work spans evaluation through execution, always tailored to the client’s strategic objectives and constraints.
How do you support debt restructuring?
We negotiate with creditors, explore asset-based and alternative capital and design repayment or recapitalization plans that reduce cash-flow strain while protecting the company’s prospects.
How long do these engagements usually take?
Timelines vary with complexity; some accelerated processes complete in a few months while more complex restructurings can take considerably longer. We prioritize efficiency and transparent milestones throughout the engagement.
Is KitsWest an Insolvency Trustee?
No, KitsWest is not an Insolvency Trustee as our goal is to provide a positive outcome to our clients prior to a bankruptcy taking place. However, at times we work with Insolvency Trustee’s on formal insolvency mandates.
What differentiates your firm in this space?
Our market focus, conflict-free advice, and pragmatic, collaborative style set us apart. We combine deep restructuring experience with an emphasis on actionable plans that safeguard and, where possible, enhance value.
