industry
Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction

HVAC, plumbing, and electrical service co. facing liquidity crisis needs to navigate Chapter 11 ​

Key results:
  • Maximized sales proceeds
  • Saved ~600 jobs
Value levers pulled:
  • Turnaround advisory
  • Liquidity management
  • Budgeting
  • Business plan assessment
  • Operational performance improvement
  • FP&A
  • Close process acceleration & implementation
  • Interim controller
  • F&A assessment

Picture this...

You’re a national HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services platform facing covenant breaches due to tightening liquidity and deteriorating financial performance. You need a plan to stabilize near-term cash while charting a credible path forward through Chapter 11 – which requires support in assessing short-term liquidity, building a multi-year budget and business plan, and evaluating strategic alternatives, including a break-up and sale of business units in bankruptcy.​

You turn to Accordion.

We partner with your team to:

  • Conduct a rigorous assessment of your systems and processes alongside operational and financial performance.
  • Build a detailed cash flow model that gives visibility into cash burn and runway for confident liquidity management.
  • Stabilize the FP&A function post-CFO departure – enhancing financial reporting, accelerating close, and instituting weekly KPI reporting to restore control and transparency.
  • Prepare bottoms-up 2024-2025 budgets and a business plan across nine business units, enabling apples-to-apples evaluation of strategic alternatives despite leadership turnover.
  • Run a competitive sale process, building comprehensive diligence materials and driving broad buyer outreach across nine business units spanning seven states to maximize interest and value.
  • Prepare and execute an organized Chapter 11 filing to meet aggressive milestones.
  • Serve as Chief Restructuring Officer, negotiating sales to six distinct buyers while protecting enterprise value.
  • Secure court approval of all sales in ~2 months and close over the following 45 days, coordinating handoffs to each buyer’s HR, operations, marketing, IT, fleet, and F&A teams to ensure continuity.
  • Wind down corporate operations and monetize residual assets, executing post-sale TSAs to reduce risk and preserve momentum.

Your value is enhanced.

You successfully navigate a rapid, orderly Section 363 sale that achieves the highest market prices, preserves ~600 jobs, and enables an efficient wind-down – while establishing a funded liquidation trust for GUC recoveries and minimizing consumer impact via buyer-assumed liabilities.

Enhanced value:

You reap multiple benefits, including:

  • Maximizing sale proceeds
  • Saving ~600 jobs