Financial Restructuring

Griffin provides financial advisory and investment banking services to companies, financial sponsors, lenders, creditors/creditor committees and other interested parties in financially stressed situations and distressed transactions. We have extensive experience working with companies, management and creditor constituencies and are able to draw on both the resources and vast experience of the entire Griffin platform, including members of a number of our affiliated businesses.

Services we provide include:

• Initiating, structuring and negotiating financial restructurings and recapitalization transactions at all levels of the capital structure including:
• Replacing senior debt from both bank and non-bank specialty financing sources
• Mezzanine financing
• Over-advance facilities
• Debtor-in-possession and chapter 11 exit financing
• Bridge loans
• Sale/leaseback transactions
• Analyzing management’s business plan and financial projections
• Determining how much debt the distressed business can prudently carry; restructuring the balance sheet
• Advising on whether the distressed company should pursue a stand-alone plan, sell some or all of its businesses and/or refinance existing debt, then analyzing and advising on competing transactions
• Providing M&A advisory services and managing the sale process to maximize values, including sales under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code

Our team includes the former CEO of a $17 billion bank holding company, a former turnaround manager and a former credit policy officer of a large regional bank. Rounding out the team are former commercial bankers, asset based lenders and professionals who also have experience as bankruptcy lawyers.