Advises on stabilising businesses, improving stakeholder communication, generating additional cash headroom, implementing accelerated sales and developing contingency plans
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Mark Firmin is a Managing Director and Head of U.K. Regional Restructuring with Alvarez & Marsal in London. He also leads the firm’s U.K. Insolvency business. Mr. Firmin brings 25 years of experience providing restructuring advice and support to under-performing businesses and their stakeholders. He specialises in helping boards to implement strategic, operational and financial restructurings. Mr. Firmin has worked with clients across a range of industries including retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, printing, mining, property and airlines.
Mr. Firmin advises companies of all sizes, from large public entities to small owner-managed businesses. His expertise involves stabilising the business, improving stakeholder communication, generating additional cash headroom, implementing accelerated sales and developing contingency plans. He has also worked extensively with financial investors and creditor groups of distressed organisations by providing independent advice on maximising investment value or minimising lending risk.
In addition, Mr. Firmin has led many insolvencies and has been particularly successful in keeping businesses intact throughout the insolvency process, thereby maximising value for stakeholders and preserving jobs.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Firmin was the U.K. Head of Restructuring at KPMG, where he managed 450 people operating across 17 offices throughout the U.K. He spent 21 years with KPMG’s restructuring practice, where he served as Partner and on the firm’s National Markets and Deal Advisory Leadership teams.
Mr. Firmin earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Manchester University. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a member of R3, and is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner.
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A&M Restructuring opens a new office in Edinburgh and expands its existing offering in Glasgow. Ben Cairns, Head of Restructuring in Scotland, says: “Supply chain disruption, inflation, and the rising cost of capital are combining to frustrate business plans… A&M is well-placed to help businesses navigate this new context as an honest and independent adviser.” Read the press release in full.
A&M’s joint administrators Michael Magnay and Mark Firmin save over 100 jobs at an independent construction business, Brymor Construction Limited. Read the full press release.
We’re delighted to announce that Mike Denny and Mark Firmin have been appointed as Joint Administrators to Tricorn Group, a pipe and tube manufacturer. The pre-pack sale of Tricorn USA follows the successful sale of Tricorn U.K. by A&M last September.
