Zelf Hussain

Zelf Hussain

Restructuring and Insolvency Partner, London, PwC United Kingdom

Over 25 years of experience in helping people and businesses find solutions to their financial problems. Zelf gets called in when there’s some form of stress within the business, whether that’s caused by over-trading, loss of a key contract or some other unplanned event.

The invitation can be from directors, shareholders, private equity or lenders, but the purpose is always to quickly understand the causes of any issue and then help address them rapidly. This can involve raising new money, finding a buyer for the business or simply helping to develop and implement a turnaround plan.

Although not exclusively focussed on the retail, consumer and leisure sector, Zelf has built up a significant expertise in this area over the years.

“I take a real pride in helping businesses through their difficulties and helping save jobs.”

Zelf takes a very commercial and pragmatic approach to finding solutions to a business's problems. He helps to bring a calm and assuring influence to difficult and stressful situations. His clients say he is straight forward with his advice and "tells it how it is".

Experience

  • Working with a listed automotive business to help get through its difficulties caused by the pandemic and supply side problems in the market.
  • Cath Kidston, helping them to find a new investor whilst advising the Board on its duties and cash flow management.
  • Working with an English football club to manage its cash flow difficulties.
  • Paperchase, working with the company to restructure the business through the innovative use of a ‘post pack’ sale. This preserved nearly all of the store locations and most of the jobs.
  • Mothercare plc, working with the company to effect a restructure of the group that protected the employee pension scheme and fully preserved its listing status.
  • Cordant Group plc, restructuring of a large resourcing business business that resulted in a new investor coming in which allowed the business and all employees jobs to survive.
  • Allied Healthcare: restructure of the country’s largest in the home care provider. This was done whilst maintaining provision of care service and saving everyone’s jobs.

Specialism

  • Insolvency
  • Administration
  • Liquidation
  • Contingency Planning
  • Director Duties
  • Cross Border Restructuring
  • Bankruptcy
  • Financial Services
  • Stakeholder Negotiation
  • Restructuring Plans
  • Moratorium
  • Administrative Receivership
  • Fixed Charge Receivership
  • Pensions

Over 25 years of experience in helping people and businesses find solutions to their financial problems. Zelf gets called in when there’s some form of stress within the business, whether that’s caused by over-trading, loss of a key contract or some other unplanned event.

The invitation can be from directors, shareholders, private equity or lenders, but the purpose is always to quickly understand the causes of any issue and then help address them rapidly. This can involve raising new money, finding a buyer for the business or simply helping to develop and implement a turnaround plan.

Although not exclusively focussed on the retail, consumer and leisure sector, Zelf has built up a significant expertise in this area over the years.

“I take a real pride in helping businesses through their difficulties and helping save jobs.”

Zelf takes a very commercial and pragmatic approach to finding solutions to a business's problems. He helps to bring a calm and assuring influence to difficult and stressful situations. His clients say he is straight forward with his advice and "tells it how it is".

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