Due diligence for buyer of a carve-out fast food restaurant franchisee
Acting for PE firm re working capital dispute following sale of a product government contractor
~4-year engagement on $1B+ revenue business providing CFO services, cost reduction, GP improvement and 24 M&A/MI support and 2 carve-outs which was converted to full-time CFO role
Litigation support on a fraud case on selling securities
Litigation support on a fraud case on $100M author and distributor of education hardware and software products & inventory revaluation of over 15,000 of SKUs over 4 period ends
Accounting assistance following sale by GM to Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners
Accounting investigation and assistance following significant prior year adjustments in listed group
Accounting assistance (fresh start accounting/SEC)
Working capital true up for a design and manufacturer of test and measurement equipment
Working capital assessment for disposal of a hotel resort
Working capital assessment for Group after disposal of financial software business
Working capital dispute for PE following acquisition
Working capital assessment for PE firm following sale of international healthcare business
Due diligence of a carve-out, distressed international homeland security company ($140M of revenue)
Improvement of reporting of pipe manufacturer with $375M of revenue
Integration review of $150M energy cleaning service company
Assessment of merger integration of an Australian financial software business
Merger integration of distressed technical training business
Merger integration of acquired European portable cold store rental business
Carve-out of Olefins, derivatives and refining group ($25B revenue)
Carve-out & pro-forma cost base & sell-side due diligence ($1.3B revenue, Chapter 11)
Sale of listed group to Skandia (which retained financial services business) and repurchase of IT businesses via MBO
Carve out of Volvo Distributorship representing 50% of business
Carve-out & quality of earnings of Branded Apparel divisions ($4.5B revenue)
Disclaimer Note: Certain transactions listed above were effective by principals of Farrell Advisory prior to the date they joined the firm
June 22, 2019
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