Working directly alongside the global CFO and Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO) of a distressed c.€1.2B European energy group, supporting engaged top-tier global investment banking and Big-4 advisory teams through a complex special situations restructuring and sell-side process.
The engagement required multi-layered financial modeling across group consolidation, entity, and site levels to execute a critical debt bridge and prepare distinct business segments for market.
Key Execution Highlights:
• Delivered rapid financial modelling for emergency cash/liquidity leading to €60M debt refinancing successfully bridging the business through a high-stakes negative cash flow period.
• Clarified core financial positioning, profitability, cash flow dynamics, and operational turnaround forecasts across the entire c.€1.2B multi-entity footprint.
• Structured site-level sell-side M&A financial models for top-tier investment banking teams taking assets to market.
• Supported Big-4 advisory teams on Vendor Due Diligence (VDD) and Financial Due Diligence (FDD) with intensive internal reviews to ensure absolute integrity of numbers to protect bidder confidence.