Independent Business Review

Addressing distress in a business requires an in-depth understanding of its prevailing financial, operational and strategic circumstances to facilitate identification of key challenges and potential solutions for consideration by stakeholders.

At PwC, our Independent Business Reviews (IBRs) are tailored to provide key financial stakeholders with an independent and credible view that they can trust, to facilitate informed decision-making.

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Issues you may be facing:

  • Declining profit margins
  • Poor financial control systems 
  • Underperforming non-core businesses/operations
  • Uncontrolled related party transactions
  • Loss of key staff members and/or customers
  • Failing to meet financial obligations
  • Business plans lacking objectivity
  • High cost structure
  • Changes in market demand for products
  • Experiencing interruptions on existing operations

 

How we can help

Independent Business Reviews

  • Evaluation of historical and projected financial information

  • Assessment of strategy and operations

  • Carrying out legal reviews of material contracts, financing agreements and securities

  • High-level reviews of regulatory compliance and governance

Monitoring

  • Periodic review of and reporting on a company’s performance against recovery plans/milestones

Strategic Options Analysis

  • Identification of possible turnaround options

  • Provision of recommendations (both operational & strategic) to accompany the potential options

  • Creation of an implementation roadmap for the options

  • Implementation support


Expected outcomes:

  • Clarity on strategic, financial and operational status/position of the company under review for enhanced and informed decision making

  • When multiple financial stakeholders are involved, we provide a common information platform to help drive the discussions around the future of the company and eliminate the need for multiple creditors’ advisors to undertake separate reviews

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Contact us

George  Weru

George Weru

Partner | Deals, Business Restructuring Services Leader, East Africa region, PwC Kenya

Tel: +254 (20) 285 5000

Muniu Thoithi

Muniu Thoithi

Deals Leader, East Africa region, PwC Kenya

Tel: +254 (20) 285 5000

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