Nossa atuação vai muito além do reperfilamento da dívida e do financiamento do capital de giro. Nos envolvemos profundamente com o negócio da empresa em crise, nos relacionando com colaboradores, clientes, fornecedores e sócios. Logo de início, instituímos os Comitês de Gestão e Caixa e assumimos a liderança financeira e operacional de maneira a assegurar a performance e sobrevivência da empresa. Com o caixa e a operação estabilizados, redirecionamos a estratégia e o time comercial, promovendo a transformação da gestão e do negócio. 

Our work goes far beyond debt restructuring and working capital financing. We deeply engage with distressed company´s business, stablishing relationships with employees, clients, suppliers, and partners. Right from the start, we set up Management and Cash Committees, taking on financial and operational leadership to ensure the company’s performance and survival. Once the cash flow and operations are stabilized, we redirect the strategy and sales team, driving management and business transformation.

We have extensive experience with the insolvency proceedings provided by Brazilian legislation. If the project requires any of these tools, we will know what, when, and how to apply them in conjunction with the case’s legal advisors.

We have a wide network of financial agents with an appetite for financing projects under our guidance. We are qualified to secure funding that meets segment and timing needs of each client, both in short-term trade credit operations and more structured ones, such as DIP Financing.

For cases of substitute (or expropriatory) judicial intervention, where the shareholder(s) is removed due to fraud, reckless management, or shareholder conflicts, we assume court-appointed management of the companies, providing assistance to judges and bankruptcy trustees.

For partial judicial intervention, we work together with the shareholders, establishing a shared management model (co-management).

As for the supervisory approach, we provide watchdog services, meaning the monitoring of financial transactions and activities of companies in crisis.

Our scope of work is not limited to insolvent companies alone. We also provide solutions for healthy businesses with the potential to reach another level of revenue and profitability.

We work with the Lean Six Sigma methodology, focused on cost reduction, product and process optimization, and customer satisfaction. Our team includes professionals certified as Master Black Belts, the highest level of expertise and knowledge in this methodology.

For solvent companies that are highly leveraged and have short-term concentrated debt, requiring adjustments in capital structure and rescheduling, we perform workouts – out-of-court restructurings.

It is not uncommon for turnaround processes to involve divestments and result in a change of control of the restructured company. We have expertise in valuations and M&A transactions of distressed assets – both asset and share deals – within and outside insolvency proceedings (business reorganization, pre-pack, and liquidation).

In special situations, the pricing of the target asset is a crucial factor in making investment decisions and achieving success. To accomplish this, it requires informational expertise and strategic analysis that provide elements for risk assessment and liquidity outlook. We provide advisory services to NPL (Non-Performing Loans) and special situation funds, assisting in the origination, pricing, and execution of investments in this asset class.

For companies going through periods of instability, adopting a set of practices to mitigate threats becomes imperative.

The GRC tripod constitutes a set of control mechanisms that provide support to the business:

Governance: we establish the board or administration committee and define the 3W of the decision-making process: Who, What, and When. If necessary, we take a seat on the company’s board. Risk: We analyze potential threats to the achievement of business objectives. Compliance: We implement internal surveillance procedures to ensure that the company is operating in accordance with the rules.

Impact generated by GRC:

Transparency towards stakeholders and the market strategic, tactical, and operational alignment; Redefinition of “Mission, Vision, and Values”; Establishment of guidelines and responsibilities in Asset Management; Definition and monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

For medium and large companies that want to innovate but face internal barriers to doing so organically, the investment in innovation, both for strategic and financial purposes, can occur through startups financing or acquisition, a practice known as Corporate Venture Capital (CVC).

To facilitate this, we offer a complete solution for implementing an open innovation program, which includes establishing an innovation culture and department, defining the areas in which the company wants or needs to innovate (processes, products, services, etc.), developing the investment thesis, establishing the investment vehicle (such as a private equity fund, holding company, or offshore entity), preparing pitches, prospecting and selecting startups that align with the investment thesis, valuing the target startup(s), executing the investment transaction (loan or M&A), implementing governance in the invested startup(s), potentially taking a seat on the board, managing the financial and operational aspects of the invested startup(s), and eventually facilitating the exit process or incorporation of the startup(s).