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The current COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we approach certain elements of signing practices. Following the lockdown, we had to quickly adapt to remote execution of documents and the challenges this presented. The pandemic has given us food for thought for reform in the future, which is very much being considered by the Government. […]

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How tough negotiations and the will to succeed can help a company survive

Jeremy Over

09.06.2020

Scenario C A group of companies went from £50m worth of equity to £20m worth of negative equity in just 6 months, at a time when it was not possible to sell any of the assets. The group had outstanding bank debt, and the bank needed a solution. Outcome There was a renegotiation of the […]

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Why insolvency doesn’t necessarily mean the end of a business

Peter Jeffery

09.06.2020

Scenario D Your bank is taking all of the downside risk, and your PE House is taking most of the upside benefit – what do you do? You try and persuade your PE House to invest some more cash reducing the bank’s exposure and increasing the PE House’s exposure. But what if they are not […]

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Insolvency isn’t always the answer – why it’s important to think outside the box

Thomas Clark

08.06.2020

Scenario A A group with a £200m pension deficit but achieving £6m EBITDA – what should a new management team do when they realise this is the situation? The obvious answer was to put the company into an insolvency procedure. However, where, for example, the company’s business is heavily contracts based, the company would have […]

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