Restructuring Counsel
For the restructuring counsel team that needs independent sources before an actual spending, legal or operating decision.
Review scope →Specialist divisions / Private Credit, Distressed Assets & Restructuring Intelligence
Specialist evidence services
Private Credit, Distressed Assets & Restructuring Intelligence
What is publicly established about the debtor group, claims and security position?
Who commissions this work
Credit Portfolio Teams
For the credit portfolio teams team that needs independent sources before an actual spending, legal or operating decision.
Review scope →Special Situations
For the special situations team that needs independent sources before an actual spending, legal or operating decision.
Review scope →The real purchase trigger
Default, insolvency filing, restructure or recovery decision
Reconcile filings, entity relationships, creditor positions and court-event chronology.
We make the client’s claim, the original record, conflicting sources and the unknowns readable before commitment.
Choose one of eight defined services
Distress & Entity Situation Brief
One named subject or event; up to three material claims; agreed source jurisdictions and date window. Deliverable: Source coverage sheet, first three contradictions or gaps, clear next-record requests.
Review service and acceptance →Identity decision · Identity & Source Map
One main entity or asset and up to four related names, owners, locations, records or aliases. Deliverable: Entity or asset-resolution table, link-confidence explanation and original source chain.
Review service and acceptance →Claim decision · Material Claims Verification
Up to five numbered claims from a supplied proposal, transaction pack or public statement. Deliverable: Claim-by-claim citations, opposite sources, date-sensitive uncertainty and unproved statements.
Review service and acceptance →Timing decision · Independent Chronology Reconstruction
One bounded event sequence; disclosed evidence window; source provenance and known omissions. Deliverable: Chronology chart, disputed-event table, original-record references and unresolved sequence.
Review service and acceptance →Counterparty decision · Counterparty & Relationship Check
Named entity and up to five related organisations or responsible entities identified from lawful records. Deliverable: Evidence-supported relationship diagram, mismatches, ownership questions and exposure caveats.
Review service and acceptance →Decision-pack review · Decision-Ready Evidence Dossier
One defined commercial decision, six critical questions, specified sources and no unlimited investigation. Deliverable: Executive decision memo, evidence/contradiction matrix, dated primary-source index and recommendations for further questions.
Review service and acceptance →Repeat-work pilot · Repeat-File Evidence Desk
Written pilot of up to ten defined file types, with sampling rules, turnaround assumptions and exclusions. Deliverable: Consistent file-by-file evidence cards, exception register and consolidated management view.
Review service and acceptance →Restructuring Events Watch
One named subject or a written small watchlist; specified public records, cadence, escalation threshold. Deliverable: Dated change log, evidence citations, false-positive dispositions and monthly change summary.
Review service and acceptance →Eight focused specialist pathways
Each pathway has a narrower research question, decision-ready evidence specification, source scope and written-commissioning path.
Distressed Company Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind distressed company intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Creditor & Debt Relationship Mapping
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind creditor & debt relationship mapping, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Bankruptcy Event Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind bankruptcy event intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Restructuring Transaction Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind restructuring transaction intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Asset Recovery Research Support
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind asset recovery research support, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Collateral & Security Interest Research
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind collateral & security interest research, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Distressed Opportunity Screening
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind distressed opportunity screening, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Credit Event Monitoring
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind credit event monitoring, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Research sources to test
The following sources may support this type of work; their existence is not a claim that a prospective client or named matter has been verified.
U.S. SEC EDGAR public filings
Source to test against the actual claim, checked for effective dates, coverage and access limitations. Not a client-specific verification result.
Open source →Kroll investigations & diligence services
Source to test against the actual claim, checked for effective dates, coverage and access limitations. Not a client-specific verification result.
Open source →Evidence deliverables and professional limits
What the decision owner receives
- Distress & Entity Situation Brief
- debtor event timeline
- public interest mapping
- missing-record inventory
- Source-linked claim analysis
- Dated assumptions, contradictions and missing evidence
What remains outside the mandate
No debt collection, insolvency-practitioner services or unlicensed private asset tracing.
Acceptance is conditional on conflict, jurisdiction, lawful access, data protection, capacity and written fee approval.
Start with the decision, not a large retainer
Buyer stages
Match the size of the assignment to the present decision.
Review scope →Example evidence pack
View the contents of an illustrative research output without invented findings.
Review scope →Fees & engagement
Understand written standard-fee proposals, pilot limits and the approval process.
Review scope →Evidence questions worth resolving
Decision questions
- Which legal debtor and case number are involved?
- What can the docket establish without claiming priority or legal rights?
- Which process dates or orders contradict the presented timeline?
Contrary-evidence tests
Division evidence guide (PDF)
Change-monitoring method (PDF)Lawful-source coverage varies. The documents explain the proposed method; no case, professional certification, continuous watch or fee has been approved automatically.