Projects

A capital and operational partner to the buyers of Mercatone Uno, an Italian furniture and home goods retail chain. We deployed €24m in 8 business days allowing 55 stores to continue trading, saving 2,019 jobs.

A £9.4m bridging loan facility provided to iconic British department store.

Sold the business as a going concern, achieving high recoveries and retaining staff.

Acquired the inventory, equipment and intellectual property assets of culinary tools company, CHEF’S Catalog, including brands, trademarks and domain names.  

Inventory clearance and valuation work in support of ABL facility for German discount fashion retailer

Value and disposed of non-property tangible assets for a property development business.

Retained to close all stores across the US, disposing of inventory and providing a fixed asset solution for this multimedia entertainment retailer.

Acquired the brand and other intellectual property and relaunched Wet Seal as a crowdsourced, fast-fashion e-tailer under the assetless brand company model

Appointed by the Swiss fashion retailer for three separate projects across three countries, as part of a restructuring plan. Completed country exits from Switzerland and Germany, closing 291 stores and a further 13 stores in Austria.

Appointed by administrators, Mazars, to operationally manage eight garden centre sites of H&G during the administration. The administration will take place during the peak season allowing Gordon Brothers to utilise our own capital to augment stock and enhance the product offering to customers. 

Inventory clearance programme across 15 Herringbone and Rhodes & Beckett stores and 7 concessions in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. This supported advisory firm Cor Cordis who managed and executed a successful sale of the balance of the business.

Participated in a €75 million facility to Germany’s leading provider of automotive merchandise and repair services.