Then eighth largest, nationwide furniture retailer with sales of $680 million.
Challenges Faced:
Strained relationships with suppliers due to late payments and eventual shutdown of shipments.
Negative publicity and unreliable delivery to consumers led to sharp decline in sales.
Solutions Delivered:
As debtor’s senior advisor, led administration of Chapter 11 filing.
Worked with claims agent and counsel on various court filings.
Oversight of daily financial and operational activities, including liaison, settlement and negotiation with vendors and third party liquidators, cash flow forecast and management activities.
Identified and initiated actions to recover $200 million of preference payments.
Jewelry Retail ChainIdentified areas of concern, including material misrepresentations of financial position and borrowing availability, while performing operational and financial due diligence for potential investor.
Solar Energy IndustryAssisted publicly held developer and manufacturer of solar cell materials create viable business plan, restructure existing debt and raise new equity outside of standard public entity approval channels.
Supermarket ChainSuccessful realignment of corporate infrastructure and liquidation of non-key assets and inventory for multi-billion dollar supermarket chain.
Fuel DistributorCoordinated all aspects of Chapter 11 filing and emergence for public partnership retail fuel distributor.
Metal GoodsCreation of a ‘prepackaged’ Chapter 11 Plan and development of a ‘rationalized’ operating business plan for presentation to lenders.
Furniture RetailerLed Chapter 11 filing and oversight of financial and operational activities for then eighth largest national furniture retailer.
Entertainment FacilitiesManagement of orderly Chapter 11 wind down, including liquidation of assets and oversight of daily operations for public chain of recreation centers.