Restructuring & special situations

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. offers restructuring advisory services to corporations and creditors operating in stress, distress or bankruptcy. Through the Macquarie Restructuring & Special Situations (MRSS) group, the business combines the experience and expertise of its professionals with its global platform to create one of the most versatile restructuring practices in the industry.

The MRSS group has experience serving a variety of stakeholders in both in-court and out-of-court situations including:

• public and private companies;
• boards of directors;
• private equity sponsors;
• hedge funds;
• purchasers of distressed assets;
• bondholders;
• secured and unsecured creditors;
• DIP lenders; and
• creditors’ committees.

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. has a breadth and depth of experience that is complemented by its dedicated industry teams to assist clients with the following challenges:

• Raising private capital to effectuate balance sheet recapitalizations, fund growth opportunities, or refinance impending debt maturities at a time that the company’s financial condition makes such efforts difficult.
• Adjusting the current corporate capital structure, or accessing alternative sources of financing, to meet emerging industry or capital market dynamics.
• Implementing M&A or other value optimizing initiatives for the company as a whole, for subsidiaries, for operating divisions with faltering operating performance, or for noncore assets.
• Promptly addressing operational setbacks or liquidity constraints, and the resulting concern of important creditor constituencies.

Through the MRSS group, you have access to:

• Experience – It is one of the most experienced and seasoned teams in the industry providing services to parties involved in all types of stressed and distressed situations.
• Track record – In the past six years the members of the group have advised in approximately 400 transactions.
• Insight – The group has a deep understanding of the dynamics of the restructuring process and is able to efficiently execute transactions that maximize value for stakeholders. 

Our approach

Chapter 11 Restructuring (In-court)
Our team advises clients both large and small through the Chapter 11 process with the primary objective of creating practical financial and strategic solutions to complex situations.

Our team has extensive experience in advising during formal court proceedings, which allows us to tailor solutions that capitalize on an in-court process and ultimately maximize value for all constituencies.

Out-of-court restructuring
Our team has the experience and knowledge to provide restructuring advisory services in the out-of-court context for companies that can meet their goals outside of formal bankruptcy proceedings.

Our team has a superior record of bringing constituents together in multi-party negotiations that enables it to manage the level of distress while it tailors, where appropriate, financial and operational restructuring plans that satisfy the needs of all interested parties.

Special Situations
Our team provides strategies to corporations that are faced with difficult financial and strategic challenges, combined with an understanding of the company and its business, industry, competitive landscape, financial structure and related issues.

Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
Our team has extensive experience representing companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, lenders and purchasers. This allows us to draw on our diverse resources to provide advice on the entire range of issues which affect a client’s decision to pursue an M&A transaction either inside or outside of a formal bankruptcy proceeding.

Cross Border
For companies operating multinationally, the Macquarie Capital (USA) team can leverage its global affiliates to provide solutions relevant to the local market.

The name "Macquarie" refers to Macquarie Group and its worldwide subsidiaries, affiliates and the funds or companies that they manage.

On April 13, 2007, the Macquarie Group acquired the business of Giuliani Capital Advisors LLC. Transactions completed prior to the acquisition are identified as being completed by Giuliani Capital Advisors. Most of the professionals that worked on those transactions are now employed by Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. 

Nothing on this page contains a commitment from Macquarie to subscribe for securities, to provide debt, to arrange any facility, to invest in any way in any transaction or is otherwise imposing any obligation on Macquarie. Macquarie does not guarantee the performance or return of capital from investments or the outcome of any bankruptcy or restructuring proceeding.