Restructuring & Special Situations
We advise companies facing urgent or complex challenges, from accelerated sale processes to balance-sheet stress. We help management teams evaluate options and implement value-preserving strategies under pressure.
Service Offering
Our team delivers practical, tailored solutions for mid-market and lower mid-market businesses needing structured, timely support. We focus on diagnosing the situation, evaluating alternatives, and helping implement plans that protect value while positioning the business for stabilization or a controlled transition.
Core Capabilities
Performance review and options analysis — challenge existing management plans, evaluate business performance, and identify the most viable paths forward given current constraints.
Transformation and profit-improvement programs — design operational or commercial interventions to stabilize performance and rebuild financial health, including cash-flow forecasting and liquidity analysis tools.
Refinancing and alternative capital — assess asset-backed lending or other financing alternatives to improve liquidity and address covenant pressure where appropriate.
Accelerated M&A execution — support time-sensitive sale processes or structured disposals to help maximize realizable value within constrained timelines.
Divestments and carve-outs — advise on the separation of non-core assets or business units, helping structure the process to preserve core operations and value.
Balance sheet restructuring — assess and recommend adjustments to debt profiles and overall capital structure to restore financial resilience and flexibility.
How We Work
We combine hands-on restructuring expertise with a collaborative approach, working alongside management, creditors, and where relevant, potential buyers to develop pragmatic solutions. We emphasize clarity, speed, and conflict-free advice tailored to mid-market realities.
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 a company is facing financial distress, urgently needs to dispose of assets, or must act quickly to preserve or recover value. Special-situations M&A is designed to create orderly outcomes under constrained timelines, while protecting value to the extent possible.
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 provide advisory support in negotiations with creditors, evaluate asset-backed and other financing alternatives, and assist in designing repayment or recapitalization plans aimed at reducing cash-flow strain while preserving the company’s future viability.
How long do these engagements usually take?
Timelines vary depending on the complexity of the situation: some urgent matters can be addressed within a few months, while more complex restructuring or special-situation mandates may take longer. Throughout, we prioritize clarity, timely progress, and transparent milestones.
Is KitsWest an Insolvency Trustee?
No, KitsWest is not an Insolvency Trustee as our goal is to provide a tangible outcome to our clients prior to a bankruptcy taking place. However, at times we work with Insolvency Trustee’s on 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.
