GlassRatner

Helps distressed organizations stabilize operations, address financial challenges, and pursue restructuring plans with advisory and interim leadership.

Helps clients assess complex financial disputes, develop defensible analyses, and communicate expert opinions in litigation and regulatory proceedings.

Provides independent valuations and opinions that help clients support reporting, tax, litigation, employee ownership, and transaction decisions.

Helps clients assess construction project issues, analyze and resolve claims, and obtain expert support in disputes and proceedings.

Helps clients make informed transaction decisions by validating assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing financial and deal support.

Helps organizations find leadership talent, fill critical gaps, and strengthen performance with tailored search and advisory support.

Supports real estate restructuring, distressed property management, valuation, and investment matters across asset classes.

Restructuring & Turnaround Management

GlassRatner advises companies, debtors, creditors, and other stakeholders across the restructuring and bankruptcy continuum. Services include turnaround management, out-of-court and court-supervised restructurings, financial analysis, liquidity planning, creditor negotiations, interim executive leadership, and court-appointed fiduciary roles. The firm supports formal insolvency proceedings in the United States and Canada and can assemble cross-border teams for complex assignments.

• Improve Distressed Business Performance
  Helps companies address underlying business challenges, implement operational and strategic improvements, and reposition for short- and long-term competitiveness.
• Restructure Financing And Capital
  Supports the development of financial structures and financing arrangements aligned with the business’s operating ability, assets, and stakeholder goals.
• Navigate Formal Insolvency Proceedings
  Supports clients through court-supervised restructuring and insolvency matters, including proceedings in the United States and Canada.
• Strengthen Liquidity Management
  Provides liquidity projections and cash-management support to help distressed businesses assess funding needs and engage with lenders.
• Provide Interim Executive Leadership
  Fills management gaps with temporary leadership and specialized expertise while a business navigates restructuring or works toward stabilization.
• Advise Debtors And Creditors
  Provides financial and restructuring advice to parties on different sides of a distressed situation, including companies, lenders, creditors, and committees.
• Pursue Out-Of-Court Restructuring
  Supports informal restructuring options, including negotiated financial solutions and refinancing, before or instead of formal court proceedings.
• Administer Estates And Distressed Assets
  Provides fiduciary and receivership administration, including asset realization, claims processes, business wind-downs, and distributions for estates and stakeholders.
• Coordinate Cross-Border Restructuring
  Connects clients with restructuring support across jurisdictions for complex matters involving businesses and stakeholders in multiple countries.
• Build Stakeholder Alignment
  Supports communication and negotiations with stakeholders to review strategic options, establish consensus, and advance restructuring plans.

Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services

GlassRatner provides forensic accounting, litigation support, and expert witness services for complex commercial litigation, regulatory matters, investigations, and high-stakes disputes. Its professionals work with law firms, corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, and individuals, supporting plaintiffs and defendants as consulting and testifying experts. Services include damages analysis, economic consulting, valuation dispute support, fraud and internal investigations, forensic data analytics, and forensic technology services. Experts prepare analyses and opinions, reports, and testimony for matters in state and federal courts, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings.

• Quantify Losses And Present Expert Opinions
  Clients receive comprehensive damages analyses and expert opinions for complex disputes, supported by professionals with experience testifying in courts and arbitration.
• Analyze Economic Issues In Disputes
  Economic analysis helps clients and courts understand complex issues, assess exposure, evaluate damages, and support case strategy and submissions to authorities.
• Assess Value In Complex Disputes
  Clients can obtain valuation analysis and expert support for disputes involving businesses, assets, solvency, and other contested financial issues.
• Investigate Financial Misconduct
  Investigation support helps clients and public agencies examine complex financial matters and address allegations of fraud or other misconduct.
• Analyze Complex Financial Data
  Data analysis supports investigation and dispute work by helping assess detailed financial and market information relevant to the matter.
• Prepare Reports And Support Case Strategy
  Clients receive litigation support that helps them assess financial and investigative issues, prepare expert submissions, and communicate analyses in legal proceedings.
• Evaluate Construction Claims And Damages
  Financial analysis and expert support help clients examine construction costs, project issues, and damages in disputes.
• Access Forensic Technology Support
  Clients can engage the firm’s forensic technology services as part of its broader investigative and litigation support practice.

Valuation Advisory Services

GlassRatner provides rigorous, objective valuations for individuals, companies, investors, transaction advisors, regulatory agencies, and courts. Services span financial reporting, tax planning and compliance, real estate, machinery and equipment, equity incentive plans, litigation and disputes, transaction opinions, and transaction advisory. Engagements are tailored to their specific circumstances, and deliverables are peer-reviewed by senior valuers to support scrutiny from auditors, investors, and courts. For cross-border work, GlassRatner’s Global Valuation Alliance connects clients to affiliated firms across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia/Pacific.

• Support Valuation Dispute Proceedings
  Provides valuation analysis and expert support in court, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings, with services extending from reports and opposing counsel critiques to deposition preparation and testimony.
• Support Defensible Financial Statements
  Valuations are designed to meet applicable reporting requirements and auditor and regulator expectations, helping companies support reported values.
• Support Employee Ownership Plan Lifecycles
  Provides valuation and advisory support from preliminary planning and formation through compliance, transactions, and exit, including independent valuations intended to meet Department of Labor requirements.
• Support Defensible Transaction Decisions
  Independent opinions help boards, special committees, trustees, and investors support transaction decisions under scrutiny from shareholders, bondholders, and regulators.
• Strengthen Confidence In Valuation Deliverables
  Senior review and a focus on scrutiny from auditors, investors, and courts support confidence in valuation deliverables.
• Support Tax Planning And Compliance
  Provides documented valuation analysis for tax matters, with work intended to withstand IRS scrutiny.
• Value Properties Across Multiple Uses
  Supports property reporting, tax, purchase and sale, lease analysis, appeals, and litigation needs across property types and portfolios.
• Inform Acquisition Terms And Analysis
  Provides acquisition due diligence, support for letter of intent terms, and deal-specific financial models for buy-side clients.
• Support Asset Decisions And Reporting
  Provides valuations for machinery and equipment in financial reporting, tax, fixed asset management, insurance, leasing, componentization, and litigation contexts.
• Extend Valuation Support Across Markets
  The network supports cross-border transactions and international reporting requirements across regions, with member firms holding leadership positions in professional organizations.

Engineering & Construction Consulting

GlassRatner provides engineering and construction consulting for owners, contractors, attorneys, and other clients working on major construction and development projects. The service includes construction management and project advisory, construction claims preparation and analysis, and forensic project analysis to assess liability involving increased costs, reduced labor productivity, defects, and schedule delays. Experts assist with construction claims and disputes, schedule analysis, and construction defects, and provide support in litigation, arbitration, and mediation. Assignments span diverse industries and locations worldwide.

• Analyze And Resolve Construction Claims
  Clients can draw on expertise to prepare and assess claims, examine complex disputes, and support resolution across a range of construction claim types.
• Assess Project Issues And Liability
  Forensic project analysis examines causes and liability relating to increased costs, reduced labor productivity, defects, and schedule delays.
• Analyze Schedules And Delays
  Schedule analysis helps clients evaluate project delays and schedule-related issues in construction claims and disputes.
• Support Construction Dispute Proceedings
  Clients and attorneys can obtain expert support for construction claims and disputes in arbitration, litigation, and mediation.
• Evaluate Construction Defects
  Clients can obtain expert assistance evaluating construction defects and their relationship to project claims and disputes.
• Manage Construction Project Activities
  Clients can access construction management services that include contract administration, project controls, execution of processes and procedures, change management, and risk management.
• Guide Project Decisions
  Project advisory gives clients support evaluating project issues and selecting a strategic approach suited to the circumstances of each assignment.
• Address Complex Energy Project Issues
  Clients in energy and petrochemical sectors can draw on technical expertise spanning multiple segments of the energy value chain and project types.
• Investigate Incidents And Root Causes
  Clients can obtain expert investigation and root cause analysis for incidents and failure-related matters.
• Assess Project Risks And Feasibility
  Clients can use expert building risk assessments and feasibility studies to examine project-related considerations.

Deals, Due Diligence & Transaction Support

GlassRatner provides corporate finance and transaction advisory support for capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and other financial aspects of a transaction. Its professionals analyze and validate data and assumptions underlying strategic plans, helping clients uncover risks and opportunities. Services include financial due diligence and quality of earnings reviews, solvency and fairness opinions, and capital markets and deal support. The team also provides buy-side due diligence, supports LOI terms and financial modeling, and arranges financing solutions for companies at different stages and in transition.

• Validate Financial Information
  Analyze transaction financial information and assumptions to help clients understand the financial basis of a deal.
• Secure Transaction Financing
  Helps clients identify and arrange financing solutions suited to their circumstances, including capital raising and a range of debt and equity options.
• Identify Risks And Opportunities
  Examines transaction information and assumptions to help clients recognize relevant risks and opportunities as they evaluate strategic plans and deals.
• Support Defensible Decisions
  Provide independent opinions to help boards, special committees, trustees, and investors assess transactions and support decisions under scrutiny.
• Strengthen Acquisition Decisions
  Supports buy-side clients with target due diligence and LOI terms informed by the dynamics of the deal.
• Model Deal Dynamics
  Uses custom financial models tailored to a deal to support clients’ transaction analysis and decision-making.

Executive Search & Interim Management

GlassRatner provides executive search, interim and fractional leadership, and human capital advisory services. Its team works with organizations to understand their needs and identify leadership talent for roles from board and C-suite positions to mid- and senior-management and functional specialist roles. Services include customized searches, rapid access to interim executives, part-time leadership, candidate transition support, and advice on talent and organizational development. GlassRatner serves organizations across industries and ownership structures, with North American and global reach through its IIC Partners network.

• Find The Right Leaders
  GlassRatner connects organizations with candidates whose capabilities and fit align with their leadership needs, from board and executive positions to specialist roles.
• Tailor Searches To Business Needs
  A bespoke, consultative approach helps organizations align talent decisions with their objectives and adapt the search to their specific circumstances.
• Fill Leadership Gaps Quickly
  Responsive interim placements help organizations secure experienced leadership for short-term gaps and important initiatives, with a flexible, on-demand model.
• Access Experienced Leaders Flexibly
  Organizations can engage seasoned executive talent part time or for specific projects rather than relying on a full-time functional leader.
• Strengthen Talent And Organizations
  Human capital expertise helps organizations assess talent, develop leaders, and address organizational priorities including succession, performance, compensation, change, and team collaboration.
• Prepare For The Next Role
  Candidates receive practical guidance and resources to navigate their search and prepare for a new position.
• Build A Ready Talent Pipeline
  Ongoing relationships with qualified candidates help organizations access talent for future searches and support faster hiring processes.
• Reach Talent Across Markets
  North American coverage and the IIC Partners network give organizations access to executive search support across borders.

Real Estate Services

GlassRatner provides advisory and asset-focused services for developers, lenders, real estate investors, private equity and hedge funds, family offices, law firms, government agencies, special servicers, and other industry participants. Its work spans real estate restructuring, receivership, construction management, capital markets and investment advisory, and appraisal. The firm also manages distressed properties, serving as receiver or manager across multifamily, retail, office, and industrial assets. Its real estate professionals take on roles including asset manager, financial advisor, expert witness, loan sale manager, trustee, and appraiser.

• Preserve And Manage Real Estate Assets
  Use experienced receivership and management support for real estate assets. GlassRatner reports more than 500 assignments serving as receiver and/or manager since 2003.
• Navigate Real Estate Restructuring
  Access advisory and management support for real estate-related matters, including distressed situations and restructuring assignments.
• Manage Distressed Property Operations
  Coordinates asset operations, leasing structure, accounting, reporting, and potential disposition strategy for properties in receivership.
• Support Real Estate Investment Decisions
  Engage GlassRatner for capital markets and investment advisory support in real estate matters.
• Value Properties For Key Decisions
  Use real estate valuations for financial reporting, tax compliance, purchases and sales, lease analysis, property tax appeals, and litigation support.
• Engage Specialists Across Real Estate Matters
  Work with GlassRatner in advisory, management, fiduciary, and expert roles suited to the needs of a real estate matter.
• Access Real Estate Construction Management
  Obtain construction management support as part of the firm’s real estate services.
• Secure Real Estate Financing
  The firm’s reported work includes advising a client on securing a non-bank term debt facility backed by its head-office real estate.