White Oak Group professionals go into action in a troubled company to analyze problems and carry out a dispassionate, independent assessment of the situation. Then they take quick, decisive action to stabilize it and bring cash management under strict control.

White Oak Group professionals are particularly adept when it comes to developing strategic alternatives for achieving optimal outcomes. Typically these strategies focus on facilitating growth, improving liquidity and restructuring capitalization, realigning organizational structure, boosting profitability, and maximizing shareholder value and creditor recoveries.

In distressed and underperforming companies, White Oak Group provides highly qualified crisis/interim executives in the roles of CRO, CEO, COO, or CFO who take the helm and begin the restructuring process. Unlike many consulting organizations, White Oak Group will accept the full scope and responsibility of these positions, and will be proactive in the recruiting of permanent managers. It will also act as fiduciaries for the client's assets.

Experience gained in turnaround management has prepared White Oak Group professionals to examine core and non-core business entities. Those not producing sufficient cash flow or EBITDA represent either divestiture or reorganization opportunities. Whatever the course of action, White Oak Group is sensitive to human capital issues that often arise during time of organizational upheaval.

White Oak Group professionals have advised companies and creditor groups in a wide variety of corporate restructuring transactions including debt consolidations and restructurings, equity recapitalizations, change of control equity placements, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and sales of distressed companies, divisions and assets.

We can serve as advisor to Debtors in Possession and official Committees of Creditors (including secured and unsecured creditors) in the Chapter 11 process. We can also advise Secured Lenders or act as Trustee or Interim Manager for companies operating in bankruptcy.

Our White Oak Group team can help to quickly evaluate the validity of Chapter 11 reorganization, prepare the client filing, and help manage through the process to achieve a successful reorganization.

Our White Oak Group professionals have substantial experience and expertise in initiating and executing for-sale transactions for middle market firms. Our successful transaction record includes the entire spectrum of event driven situations ranging from growth companies seeking additional capital, profitable companies seeking a liquidity event and distressed firms seeking liquidity or improved profitability either within or outside a court framework.

Included within our experience base are a variety of complex transactions including ESOP owned firms, contentious family situations, Section 363 Bankruptcy sales, Article 9 sales, and sales under an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors.

Today the entire spectrum of the capital structure is readily available to middle-market firms from traditional sources such as banks, finance companies and institutional lenders. In addition, non traditional sources such as hedge funds and mezzanine funds have opened up to the middle-market client.

Our White Oak Group professionals have extensive experience working both within and along side financial institutions in structuring, negotiating, arranging and syndicating the broad spectrum of cash flow, asset-based, asset-backed and privately placed debt securities for both privately held and public traded middle-market clients.

This experience spans the entire life cycle of a company from start-up funding, growth capital, liquidity events and refinancing during periods of operational and financial distress.

Specific securities placement capabilities include:

Cash flow revolving credit and term loan facilities

Asset-based credit facilities

Asset-backed revolving purchase facilities

Subordinated, Tranche B and Mezzanine debt

Term debt facilities - machinery and equipment, real estate, sales lease back transactions, and securitizations

Preferred stock and common stock