MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Extraordinary Network of Industry Relationships

GCP’s global network is core to our deal sourcing, transaction execution, and portfolio company oversight. The team’s personal connections developed over decades of experience with CEOs, senior management, subject matter experts, regulators, and industry advisors provide the firm with proprietary information flow and a deep bench of trusted partners.
Our reach is further extended by our extensive portfolio of past and current transaction , which places us at the forefront of changing industry trends and enables us to create proprietary investment opportunities. GCP’s “owner-as-partner” mentality drives us to roll up our sleeves alongside our management teams to influence the optimal outcomes of our investments. We set strategic objectives and engage in active, productive dialogue with the shared goal of generating value for our invest.

Restructuring

GCP has a leading restructuring advisory practice. Over the past decade, we have advised on various restructuring and we proud of our expertise in various sectors.
Our extensive experience makes us comfortable investing in companies with complicated business fundamentals and in dynamic regulatory environments.
Such investments require a thorough understanding of regulatory constraints, a sophisticated understanding of the financial services landscape, rigorous analytical abilities, and the conviction to act decisively.
We have guided clients through many and complex restructurings. Clients retain us for our experience, our skills, our creative and independent approach, our relationships, and our proven ability to bring restructurings to an optimal outcome.

Tender and exchange offers

Rescue financing or recapitalisations

"Amend and extend” amendments to credit agreements

We advise on and structure a wide variety of transactions, including:

To help clients identify and evaluate their best options, we provide:

A Fresh, Unbiased Perspective – Comprehensive and independent analysis, free of conflicts inherent in integrated financial institutions

Senior-Level Focus and Experience – An experienced global teams of restructuring experts, with creative insight into potential strategies

A Wide Network of Relationships – Longstanding and trusted relationships with banks, bondholders, investors, and other key parties

We also structure “Pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcies.These transactions require extensive negotiations before going to court.

We help clients negotiate interim forbearances from creditors and help secure new investments from current stakeholders or new investors as part of the broader restructuring plan.

Unlike most other firms, our professionals combine an extensive knowledge of restructuring strategies with M&A expertise, credit analysis skills, capital markets knowledge, industry expertise and negotiation experience in distressed situations.

GCP specializes in advising on out-of-court restructurings and recapitalizations. We negotiate with creditors on behalf of our clients, especially in cases of financial stress or distress. Our leadership in the restructuring field ha created strong relationships and credibility with banks, hedge funds, and financial sponsors.