Anti-Crisis Management

Cash & Liquidity  ·  Restructuring  ·  Turnaround
Our Commitment
  • We reduce the probability of cash gaps.
  • We guide businesses through crisis without losing the business.
  • We expose the decisions that are quietly costing you millions.
  • We strip away the illusions and show the real picture.

Typical problems we solve

  • Cash is tight despite strong revenue
  • Fraud or cash leakage suspected
  • Profit doesn’t turn into liquidity
  • Insolvency risk is rising
  • Growth creates instability, not scale
  • Margins are quietly eroding
  • A recent acquisition has stressed cash
  • Business is not sale- or capital-ready

What you walk away with

Control over liquidity & cash

Stronger margins

Reduced financial risk

Legal support

Who we work with

  • Owners & shareholdersstabilise performance, minimise losses, maximise exit value.
  • Finance directorsaccess additional expertise in periods of stress.
  • Banks & lendersprotect and recover capital.
  • Private equityoptimise liquidity in portfolio companies.
  • Individual investorsindependent business and risk assessments.

Our approach

Check-up

Find leaks. Quantify damage.

Preventive Treatment

Build resilience. Maximise value.

Surgery

Restructure deeply. Regain control.

Reanimation

Controlled exit. Save what can be saved.

I

Check-up

Find the leaks. Quantify the damage.
Stage Early Diagnostic

We diagnose where money is being lost, where hidden risk is sitting, and what it is costing you. The output is a clear, prioritised picture you can act on.

Cash leak scanning

Identify where cash is silently lost across operations, contracts, and counterparties.

Liquidity visualisation & forecasting

A transparent, forward-looking view of cash-flow, including adverse scenario simulation and stress testing.

Multi-entity cash consolidation

Bring fragmented cash positions across legal entities into a single managed view.

Forensic review & fraud detection

Trace anomalies in transactions, vendors, and intercompany flows.

Outcome
  • A precise map of where the problems are and what they are worth.
  • A prioritised risk register.
  • A clear answer to “what next”.
Best timed
  • Before committing capital.
  • When the numbers feel wrong.
  • Before scaling.
II

Preventive Treatment

Build resilience. Maximise sale and capital-raise value.
Stage Preventive Care

We strengthen the financial backbone of the business so it can absorb shocks, defend its margin, and meet investor or buyer scrutiny at the top of the valuation range.

Hedging programme architecture

FX, commodity, and interest-rate exposure hedging.

Pre-Exit Value Engineering

Prepare the business for sale or capital raise so buyers price it at the top of the range.

Working capital optimisation

Release trapped cash from receivables, payables, and inventory cycles.

Liquidity & cash control framework

Treasury rituals, authority matrices, and daily controls that prevent surprises.

Anti-crisis operating system

Early-warning indicators, escalation protocols, and stress playbooks ready before the crisis arrives.

Margin protection structures

Negotiate price pass-through, indexation, and shared-risk clauses with key suppliers and customers.

Outcome
  • Higher free cash flow.
  • A margin that holds through volatility.
  • Reduced exposure to external shocks.
  • A business credible to acquirers and capital providers.
Best timed
  • 12–24 months before a planned sale or fundraise.
  • After a near-miss.
  • When the macro is shifting against the business.
III

Surgery

Restructure deeply. Reset the balance sheet. Regain control.
Stage Intensive Care

When the situation is stressed but the business is recoverable, we lead the operational and financial reset to regain control over liquidity.

Liquidity war room

Daily cash command, short-cycle decisions, and creditor prioritisation under stress.

Business model reset

Cut loss-making segments, rebuild unit economics, refocus on profitable cores.

Cost & contract renegotiation

Restructure the cost base and renegotiate supplier, lease, and service contracts.

Debt & capital restructuring

Reshape the debt stack, manage syndicated lender negotiations, address adverse derivatives (MTM losses).

Covenant resets & lender negotiations

Negotiate standstills, waivers, and amended covenants on the company’s behalf.

Lender-side advisory

Support secured creditors and syndicates in protecting capital from the lender’s seat.

Outcome
  • Cash gaps prevented. Core business and key assets preserved.
  • A controlled, professional dialogue with creditors.
  • Transition from chaos to management.
Best timed
  • When the bank starts asking weekly questions.
  • When suppliers begin demanding cash on delivery.
  • When cash runway is under 6 months.
IV

Reanimation

Save what can be saved. Manage a controlled exit.
Stage Critical Care

When recovery is no longer realistic, the priority shifts to minimising loss and protecting value through a structured process, not a chaotic collapse. We act either for the company and its shareholders, or for the secured creditors who have taken control of the asset.

Insolvency planning & execution

Structure the insolvency path to protect residual value and minimise loss.

Statutory bankruptcy support

Lead the company and its advisors through formal proceedings.

Orderly liquidation

Run a controlled wind-down that maximises asset realisation.

Distressed asset management for secured creditors

Manage, stabilise, and exit stressed assets on behalf of lenders enforcing security or recovering capital.

Outcome
  • A controlled process replacing a chaotic collapse.
  • Reduced shareholder loss or improved lender recovery.
  • Key assets shielded throughout.
Best timed
  • When insolvency risk is high.
  • Under active creditor pressure.
  • When the decision to wind down or divest has been taken.
Our Practice

Lead Experts

Anton Kovalev, CFA

Two decades of leading complex financial assignments in banking, advisory, and corporate treasury, including liquidity stabilisation, financial risk management, hedging programmes, and treasury restructuring. The work spans healthy businesses preparing to scale and companies fighting for survival.

Husam Al Sayegh

Strategic legal advisor specialising in high-stakes criminal defence, complex commercial trials, arbitration, and corporate bankruptcy matters. Extensive experience in both domestic and international arbitration to resolve complex business disputes, combining rigorous trial preparation with proactive negotiation to protect client assets and secure favourable outcomes.

What sets us apart
Three sides of the table.

Most advisors have seen the financial problem from one angle. Our lead experts have worked it from all three:

  • The bank — engineering the product
  • The advisor — structuring the recommendation
  • The treasury — living with the consequences