Does your business have a fever? Let Chikol help you survive the Financial Flu.
Chikol started in the early 1980s with the purchase of fifteen companies in the manufacturing and distribution space.Most if not, all were in financial distress or bankruptcy – already sick with the flu or worse, without a remedy in sight. We’re thankful now for those days in med school, as we learned which treatments were
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Millennial & Middle Market Businesses
By Dennis Kebrdle, Chikol Managing Partner I was reflecting on the last time I had an opportunity to share some thoughts with my colleagues in the corporate distress practice, and we noted companies undergoing generational ownership transition. We highlighted the impact of “tribal knowledge” that had been missed in a number of those acquisitions. In
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Debt Service Trends Today: “Is it the 1980’s again?”
By Dennis Kebrdle When Chikol Equities, Inc. began in the early 1980’s, we did our first of about 15 leveraged transactions. Most were in the manufacturing or retail spaces, with our last transaction exit from this cycle having occurred in 1999. You may recall that at that time, many parties had to rely on about
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The Biggest Industry Restructuring of the 2020’s
MoveOverAutosandHeavyIndustry–TheBiggestIndustryRestructuringofthe2020’sisComing!!! It’stheMedicalIndustry’sTurn!! In a recent article, we made comments about the valuations and structures of buy/sell transactions happening today, and were forced to ask ourselves, “Is it the 1980’s again?” Over the past few years, many in the turnaround/restructuring industry have likely been engaged in an increasing number of projects in the “Medical Space.” Medical
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Remembering Chikol Associate Bobby Briggs
Chikol’s longtime Associate and Friend of 28 years – Robert “Bobby” Allen Briggs, 59, of Middlebury, Indiana, died in the early morning hours, on Friday January 11, at his residence. His death was unexpected and was due to natural causes.Bobby was one of Chikol’s Senior Sales Associate professionals that worked with our clients to enhance
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Back to the Future
By Dennis Kebrdle As some recent receivership work concluded, we wanted to note to our friends and colleagues what is becoming evident to us here at Chikol. In the latest circumstance, the business was sold in a stock buy, with ownership retaining a percentage in the new company. This is a different transaction from what
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