Risk Ready: business restructuring
Hosted by Scott Butler, our Turnaround & Restructuring team examine the risks to businesses from a volatile economy and higher interest rates and explore the steps businesses can take to manage these risks.
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Business restructuring – Risks directors face when business is in financial difficulty
There are serious consequences for directors when a company becomes insolvent. In this episode, Scott Butler and David Dickens discuss what risks directors face, what options are available for directors to avoid insolvent trading liability, and how a good turnaround advisor may be able to help save the business.
Buying a distressed business – issues to consider
Scott Butler, Ed Paton and David Catanese discuss the key transactional and employee issues to consider when acquiring a distressed business. In a distressed sale, the timelines are short and access to information may be limited. It is also wise not to treat employee issues as an afterthought.
Banking and corporate structuring issues for distressed businesses
Scott Butler, Jacqui Barrett and David Cooper discuss what matters a business in distress should consider from a banking and corporate structuring perspective to be able to trade out of its situation and navigate a new path forward.
Contract flexibility
Scott Butler and Nicole Tumiati discuss the key reasons that can impact a business’s ability to comply with its contractual obligations. How can a business introduce flexibility into contracts to allow it to respond to changing economic conditions?