HOW WE SUPPORT Insolvency professionals

When you suspect fraud or believe that a company director or third party is not being honest, we understand how difficult and time-consuming the investigations process can be. Our investigative services are designed to provide you with the whole picture allowing you to concentrate on the more technical insolvency issues. From intelligence gathering and tracing, to on-site support including digital data capture and forensics, ESA Risk has the investigations side of your insolvency case covered.

In cases of malfeasance by company directors or where you have disputed claims against third parties, it’s important to build a complete overview of the network of people involved and to identify any assets that can be recovered to satisfy debts or claims. At ESA Risk, we can help you reveal the whole picture at any stage of an insolvency, even before you’re appointed, so you can determine the commercial risk of the case. We have a proven track record of discovering hard-to-find hidden assets and locating people who are off grid or under the radar which has resulted in our clients obtaining greater returns for the creditors.

Working with ESA Risk consultants, insolvency professionals benefit from our breadth of expertise across a range of industry sectors. We can provide advice and insight into insurance and litigation funding solutions to reduce the risks associated with insolvency by supporting the restructuring process and enabling the best return for creditors without taking any unnecessary risk.

We recognise that litigation resulting from insolvency can be complex – often involving many moving parts – and the key for you to obtain a successful resolution can mean that you are reliant on a trusted professional partner. We work in partnership with many IPs and law firms providing a range of litigation support services.  Our multi-disciplined team and collaborative approach ensure that we deliver concise and thorough commercial assistance in areas such as data collection, forensic analysis and global intelligence gathering; providing you with robust evidence which will strengthen your case and help maximise your recoveries.

When working on insolvency cases, we understand the need for the mitigation of risk following your appointment and offer a comprehensive and reliable security team to protect company assets. During the swift turnaround between outgoing management and incoming administrators, we provide a bespoke service from advice pre-appointment to full site clearance services and 24-hour monitoring of vacant property.

As an IP you must secure the books and records and, today, most of these are held digitally. You may also need to retrieve lost, deleted or inaccessible data from machines or devices. Using our digital forensics services, this information can be secured and accessed. This applies to emails, internet browsing history and documents stored on devices. Our work is conducted with confidentiality and agility by specialists using secure technology. As part of your team, we can attend with you on hostile appointments and when you are acting as provisional liquidators.

When you are looking to litigate against difficult defendants, you might require more in-depth investigations to find the cause of financial losses or to identify the current activities of the targets and their associates. ESA Risk’s global surveillance teams can quickly deploy and together with their technical systems, help you gain evidence to support your claims. Whenever you suspect that a debtor is lying and you need to find the evidence, we use leading-edge technology and professionally trained covert surveillance agents who will gather the intelligence required worldwide.

Benefit from ESA Risk’s breadth of experience working with insolvency professionals across a wide range of sectors. We can provide sector advice and insight into insurance and funding solutions to reduce the risks associated with insolvency. By supporting the restructuring process our experts will help you to deliver the best return for creditors without taking any unnecessary risk.

At ESA Risk, we understand that insolvency requires a deep dive into the accounts and operations of a company. Our consultants who are experts in hotel & leisure management will assist you with the process of uncovering inconsistencies and flagging indicators of insolvency in hotels, whether that be through strategy and operations appraisals or independent business reviews conducted on your behalf. We personalise our services to you and can advise on a case before you’ve even taken the job or help you run, manage and improve the performance of the distressed assets. We can also assist with the asset disposal by finding cash purchasers who will move quickly.

As an insolvency professional, you deal with large amounts of high-value, often sensitive data. Mindful of the increasing risk of cyber attack and compliance issues, the need to ensure data security is more important now than ever. ESA Risk’s services include cyber risk management, security implementation (including securing data to be used in an investigation) and support responding to threats, ensuring you are cyber secure.

You will come across businesses that may not be technically insolvent but need urgent action to save them from entering into a formal process. ESA Risk’s Business Consulting team will partner with you to deep dive into the business and understand the issues faced by the owners and we will devise workable solutions. We provide full C-Suite interim directors/management which is a very cost-effective way of helping save the businesses in distress.