Welcome to The Mercadien Group!

Bankruptcy & Reorganization

Whether you are a debtor, creditor, advisor, or counsel, you can count on Mercadien Consulting to bring a multidisciplinary approach to your engagement and create solutions that are in your best interest.

Mercadien Consulting's bankruptcy, restructuring, and reorganization background includes significant and successful efforts with creditors and debtors, attorneys, examiners, and investors in negotiated restructuring and bankruptcy cases. We can also assist in the reorganization process by analyzing and evaluating business plans created by the debtor and in assisting in the negotiation of reorganization plan arrangements. Mercadien Consulting’s consultants can also create and/or assist in the preparation of a creditor plan upon request. We are often called upon to: evaluate a business’ prospects and opportunities; provide reorganization, sale, or liquidation alternatives; evaluate current or prospective management; research insider and/or related party transactions; and analyze cost reduction or operating improvement reviews.

Some of the services we provide include:

Representation of debtors, creditors, Chapters 7 and 11 trustees, equity committees, and secured creditors
Forensic accounting when fraud, misappropriation of assets, or preferential payments may exist
Representation of financially distressed entities in debt restructuring negotiations with their lenders
In-depth analysis of debtors’ major business issues and the impact on creditor recovery
Assistance with the due diligence of assets from debtors’ estates
Evaluation of debtors’ plans of reorganization
Structuring the sale of assets of bankrupt entities to maximize the return to creditors and equity holders
Protection of the interests of the owners of bankrupt entities
Analysis of transactions to determine whether fraudulent conveyances of debtors’ assets have occurred and work to recover such assets
Provision of advice regarding the structuring of complex commercial transactions in a manner to avoid potential bankruptcy pitfalls
Negotiation and preparation of agreements for debtor-in-possession financing
Preparation of proofs of claim and defense from objections raised to such claims
Collateral review and monitoring for asset-based lenders
Administration of claims process

Top