Corporate sales & acquisitions case studies

A CVA can potentially deal with contigent employee redundancy liabilities more effectively

David and his family were seeking a sale of their precision engineering business that had been started by his father in the 1950s. Many members of the workforce of 80 had been employed for 20 years or more but sadly with increasing competition from overseas, there was simply not the sales demand to keep them occupied. Read on

Making the most of an acquisition opportunity

Fred owned and managed a small public relations practice. Trading was satisfactory but Fred had ambitions for greater things. He had just heard that a rival company had gone into liquidation and he thought this would be a great chance to take his business up a gear by buying it. Read on

Distressed disposal following a parent’s insolvency

Peter was the UK-based director of a construction consultancy and property management group employing 120 people across four locations. He had been in the post for a couple of years with the brief from the new and substantial US owners to turn the business around. Read on

Using a CVA to acquire a struggling business

Toby and his wife managed a film production company which, following a project that was financially not as successful as expected, experienced financial difficulties and had to cease trading. Read on

Completing a business review to focus on difficult decisions and keeping lenders on-side

Mike was feeling under some pressure. He had just inherited the reigns from his father of the family precision engineering firm, although he already had a career elsewhere. Read on