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The Situation

As the result of a precipitous drop in oil prices, demand from oil producers for services from an electrical engineering company servicing the oil and gas industry declined dramatically.  Management’s expense reductions to right-size the business were not fast and deep enough.  As a result, its senior lender lost faith in management’s financial projections.

The borrower engaged J.S. Held as financial advisor to create a cash flow projection model and guide its shareholders through a refinancing or, if the refinancing failed, selling the business.

How We Advised

After being engaged as financial advisor, J.S. Held successfully intermediated a refinancing between the defaulted borrower and its lender by:

  • Negotiating a 120-day forbearance with the lender to provide sufficient time to refinance or sell the business;
  • Conducting in-depth analyses of operations and historical financial performance, then developing realistic cash flow projections; and
  • Strategically managing the business within the cash flow projections under the forbearance, while simultaneously pursuing a refinance or sale.

 

Obstacles & Our Solutions

  • The borrower’s relationship with its lender was significantly strained.
    • Our experts immediately interceded, managing communications between the borrower and the lender.
    • We restored credibility to the company’s financial information.
    • Our team successfully negotiated a much-needed forbearance from the lender.
    • We concurrently worked with a third-party investment banker to pursue a sale of the company if a refinancing was not achievable during the forbearance period.
  • The company’s recent financial results had been negatively impacted by one engagement, for which it served as sub-contractor, due to failures by the general contractor.
    • We analyzed historical job costs to identify and validate the financial impact of this non-recurring event.
    • Our experts adjusted the company’s cash flow projection to reflect the non-recurring event, providing a sound basis to negotiate a forbearance and, ultimately, refinancing with the company’s lender.

Key Contact

David Stapleton, CPA, CLPF
Senior Managing Director
Strategic Advisory Practice
+1 213 235 0601
[email protected]

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