Course Detail(BF320 : Navigating Financial Restructuring and Corporate Turnaround)

BF320 : Navigating Financial Restructuring and Corporate Turnaround NEW

7.00 CPE Hours (Category 2, Category 4)
Classroom

Dealing with the complex financial challenges that arise in stressed or distressed situations requires tailored strategies, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. In times of uncertainty, stakeholders must make informed and timely decisions to address immediate issues and, whether through out-of-court arrangements or statutory processes, work to preserve and maximise the organisation’s going concern value for the benefit of all parties involved.

Through real-world case studies, this course equips participants with a practical roadmap and a comprehensive toolkit, covering both technical, ethics and commercial dimensions, to navigate financial restructuring and corporate turnaround scenarios.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Understand the roles, approaches, and stakeholders in an out-of-court financial restructuring and corporate turnaround;
  2. Identify early warning signs and causes and symptoms of distress;
  3. Evaluate restructuring options based on analysis of debt structures and cash flows;
  4. Apply insolvency procedures and contingency options;
  5. Understand ethical considerations in restructuring and insolvency.

Programme Outline

  • Introduction
    • Out-of-court frameworks
    • Key stakeholders
  • Early warning signs of causes and symptoms of distress
    • Financial
    • Operational
    • Management
    • Market / Industry
  • Core concepts and technical issues
    • Crisis stabilisation – standstills, short term cash management, rebuilding stakeholder confidence
    • Appointment and role of external advisors
    • Business review
    • Use of valuation in the context of a financial restructuring – going concern value, liquidation value
    • Stakeholder management
    • Documentation and completion
  • Restructuring analysis and options
  • Insolvency procedures and contingency options
    • Judicial Management
    • Receivership
    • Liquidation
  • Ethics in restructuring and insolvency
  • Case studies and practical examples

Training Methodology*

Lecture style with case studies, hand-on exercise, and group discussion.
 
Closing Date for Registration*
1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.

Intended For

A basic knowledge of accounting concepts is assumed. Delegates are not expected to have prior knowledge of financial restructuring and corporate turnaround.

This foundation to intermediate course is designed for finance leaders, including CFOs and financial controllers, as well as insolvency practitioners, loan workout bankers, credit risk and relationship managers, private equity and private credit investors, distressed investors, lawyers, and compliance executives involved in navigating financial distress and corporate turnarounds.

Competency Mapping

Category 2 = 1.00 Hours
Category 4 = 6.00 Hours

Schedule & Fees

Date & Time

30 Mar 2026 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)


SGD pricing -

For Members: $ 406.57
For Non-Members: $ 485.05


Programme Facilitator(s)

David Chew

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709

Testimonial

Funding

No funding Available!

Programme Facilitator(s)


David Chew
CA (Singapore)

Partner, DHC Capital

David brings over 29 years of experience in restructuring, turnaround, interim management and corporate finance. His career spans advisory roles at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen, investment banking at Morgan Stanley, senior management positions including Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and interim CFO and Board member for stressed and distressed companies.

David has worked extensively with private and publicly listed corporates, bank creditors, bondholders, alternative capital providers and distressed investors across the full restructuring transaction lifecycle. His expertise covers crisis stabilisation, business and strategic reviews, cash flow analysis, debt restructuring and schemes of arrangement, operational turnaround, liquidity management exercises, distressed M&A, rescue financing, refinancing and recapitalisations, distressed and special situations investing and board/interim management appointments.

David founded 363Xchange, a first-of-its-kind technology-driven global marketplace that connects buyers, sellers and investors in distressed assets and special situation opportunities (www.363xchange.com).

Dealing with the complex financial challenges that arise in stressed or distressed situations requires tailored strategies, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. In times of uncertainty, stakeholders must make informed and timely decisions to address immediate issues and, whether through out-of-court arrangements or statutory processes, work to preserve and maximise the organisation’s going concern value for the benefit of all parties involved.

Through real-world case studies, this course equips participants with a practical roadmap and a comprehensive toolkit, covering both technical, ethics and commercial dimensions, to navigate financial restructuring and corporate turnaround scenarios.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Understand the roles, approaches, and stakeholders in an out-of-court financial restructuring and corporate turnaround;
  2. Identify early warning signs and causes and symptoms of distress;
  3. Evaluate restructuring options based on analysis of debt structures and cash flows;
  4. Apply insolvency procedures and contingency options;
  5. Understand ethical considerations in restructuring and insolvency.

Programme Outline

  • Introduction
    • Out-of-court frameworks
    • Key stakeholders
  • Early warning signs of causes and symptoms of distress
    • Financial
    • Operational
    • Management
    • Market / Industry
  • Core concepts and technical issues
    • Crisis stabilisation – standstills, short term cash management, rebuilding stakeholder confidence
    • Appointment and role of external advisors
    • Business review
    • Use of valuation in the context of a financial restructuring – going concern value, liquidation value
    • Stakeholder management
    • Documentation and completion
  • Restructuring analysis and options
  • Insolvency procedures and contingency options
    • Judicial Management
    • Receivership
    • Liquidation
  • Ethics in restructuring and insolvency
  • Case studies and practical examples

Training Methodology*

Lecture style with case studies, hand-on exercise, and group discussion.
 
Closing Date for Registration*
1 Week before Programme or Until Full Enrolment.

Intended For

A basic knowledge of accounting concepts is assumed. Delegates are not expected to have prior knowledge of financial restructuring and corporate turnaround.

This foundation to intermediate course is designed for finance leaders, including CFOs and financial controllers, as well as insolvency practitioners, loan workout bankers, credit risk and relationship managers, private equity and private credit investors, distressed investors, lawyers, and compliance executives involved in navigating financial distress and corporate turnarounds.

Competency Mapping

Category 2 = 1.00 Hours
Category 4 = 6.00 Hours

Programme Facilitator(s)

David Chew
CA (Singapore)

Partner, DHC Capital

David brings over 29 years of experience in restructuring, turnaround, interim management and corporate finance. His career spans advisory roles at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen, investment banking at Morgan Stanley, senior management positions including Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and interim CFO and Board member for stressed and distressed companies.

David has worked extensively with private and publicly listed corporates, bank creditors, bondholders, alternative capital providers and distressed investors across the full restructuring transaction lifecycle. His expertise covers crisis stabilisation, business and strategic reviews, cash flow analysis, debt restructuring and schemes of arrangement, operational turnaround, liquidity management exercises, distressed M&A, rescue financing, refinancing and recapitalisations, distressed and special situations investing and board/interim management appointments.

David founded 363Xchange, a first-of-its-kind technology-driven global marketplace that connects buyers, sellers and investors in distressed assets and special situation opportunities (www.363xchange.com).


Upcoming Schedule

Date & Time

30 Mar 2026 (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Fee (inclusive of GST)


SGD pricing -

For Members: $ 406.57
For Non-Members: $ 485.05


Programme Facilitator(s)

David Chew

Venue

60 Cecil Street
ISCA House
Singapore 049709