SSG offers the following advisory services:

• Private Placement Services of debt and equity
• M & A Services - Mergers and Acquisitions
• Financial Restructurings and Plans of Reorganizations
• Complex Valuation Analyses, Fairness Opinions and Expert Witness Testimony

SSG has extensive experience working on behalf of undercapitalized companies operating in or out of Chapter 11 that may confront the following circumstances:

• Limited support from the existing senior or subordinated lender, who may be suffering from "lender fatigue"
• Capital infusion required in an out-of-favor industry
• Complex capital needs require multiple trances of capital and/or access to non-traditional capital sources
• Lack of customer confidence due to operational or financial difficulties
• Lack of credit from trade vendors
• Personal guarantee exposure

SSG offers expert insight into transaction structuring negotiation and execution. Our clients benefit from our deep and current knowledge of legal and creditor-relations issues and our ongoing with workout officers of major banks, commercial finance companies, hedge funds, institutional equity firms, crisis managers and legal and accounting professionals specializing in turnarounds. Our knowledge of the nuances of capital raising and M&A transactions relevant to companies in financial difficulty and our commitment to due diligence prior to undertaking a transaction have helped to build our credibility with financing sources and investors equipped to provide capital to companies in a turnaround mode.