Special Situations
Our team has extensive experience advising middle-market companies during periods of underperformance, distress, and insolvency. We help clients solve problems in challenging, time-sensitive environments, through senior level attention, to ensure that all strategic alternatives are evaluated quickly – and develop tailored solutions for our clients and their key constituencies in order to resolve issues in a timely and effective manner.
Our special situations team has a successful track record representing both debtors and creditors and offers a full range of advisory services including:
• Distressed M&A transactions that maximize creditor recovery
• Debt and equity raises
• Restructuring existing debt or equity
• Strategic alternative and capital structure assessments
• Committee and board representation
We leverage our broad network and global infrastructure to help clients efficiently develop, evaluate, and implement solutions that maximize long- and short-term stakeholder value.
Featured Transactions
has been sold pursuant to a federal receivership sale to
multiple assets have been sold pursuant to §363 of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code
Multiple Counterparties
has been sold pursuant to §363 of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code to
has acquired certain assets pursuant to UCC Article 9
Concept Group
has been acquired by
has been sold pursuant to §363 of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code to
KWP Recycling GmbH and Bracke Umweltservice GmbH
has been acquired by
Strategic Investor
Acquired by
has been sold pursuant to UCC Article 9 to
has been sold to
Acquired by
Louvrette Design & Packaging GmbH / Roeser GdbR
has been sold pursuant to §363 of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code to
has been sold pursuant to §363 of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code to
Acquired by
Acquired by
Acquired by
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Additional Insights
- NewsLivingstone announces global promotions and new hiresLivingstone is pleased to announce the promotion of Patrick Hopkins to Director in its Chicago office. Hopkins joined Livingstone in 2016 as an Associate Director and quickly distinguished himself as an outstanding banker becoming actively involved in the firm’s M&A advisory practice. He began his...
- Publications2018 Livingstone annual reviewLivingstone closed 82 deals in 2018 worldwide, with 23 of those transactions coming out of the US office. Low interest rates, the cut in the federal corporate tax, and pressure faced by many private equity investors to sell and buy assets all helped serve to make for another strong year for...
- NewsLivingstone expands its Special Situations teamIan Brown has joined Livingstone as a Managing Director to lead the firm’s Special Situations team in London, complementing its established Debt Advisory practice and existing Special Situations teams in the US and Germany.
- In The PressGlobal M&A activity stayed strong in Q2Livingstone's Stephen Miles explores global M&A activity for Mergers & Acquisitions magazine. He notes, "In general, the atmosphere for dealmaking stayed positive in the second quarter, maybe even a little frothy, as investors searched for the best way to profit from today’s many...