Business restructuring and turnaround solutions for financial stability
In today’s economic environment, Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) across Australia face financial uncertainty from many more than ever before. The team at AVA Advisory have seen how this affects business owners both emotionally and financially. We offer business restructuring services that are aligned with our empathetic, expert advice, and we take your business through all the complexity and challenges to return it to stability and future growth.
What can our restructuring services do for you?
At AVA Advisory, our mission is to see distressed and underperforming companies achieve stability and continuity.
We start by fully understanding your situation and providing you with practical, specific solutions tailored to your business’s unique requirements.
We specialise in delivering complete Business Restructuring solutions to distressed companies. Whether it’s early warning signs of distress, cash flow problems, or strategic corporate restructuring guidance, we provide comprehensive recovery services to help guide you through the process.
Our professionals have extensive experience in both corporate and personal insolvency, including voluntary administration, court-appointed liquidations, and receiverships. As a company, director or creditor, AVA Advisory can guide you in addressing and resolving your financial situation.
Snapshot into Australian business challenges
Today’s economic climate creates unprecedented pressure on Australian businesses. Rising costs, changing consumer behaviour and cashflow challenges are pushing many SMEs to breaking point – exactly when the economy needs them most.
Of SMEs have considered leaving or closing their business
In the past 12 months alone, highlighting the urgent need for effective restructuring solutions
People employed by small businesses
Making small businesses Australia’s largest employer and vital to national prosperity
Of Australia’s total GDP in 2022-2023
Contributed by small businesses, whose financial health directly impacts our economic future.
Features and benefits of our restructure and turnaround services
Solving the right problems at the right time can be the difference between a business surviving or failing. Our people are trained to identify the right action plan for each unique situation, helping businesses in all industries and business models to pivot out of difficult times where possible, and create viable pathways for the business’s future.
Get a business assessment
Expert review of business financials and business pressures.
Get an insolvency assessment
Careful considerations of the net effect if an insolvency appointment comes into play, either voluntarily or driven by creditors.
Save the business
Continue to drive economic sustainability and growth. Protecting jobs, supporting businesses, stakeholders, and landlords. Helping businesses to continue to contribute to industry and the community.
Address legacy debt
COVID-19 economic response measures enabled companies to continue while debts mounted. Restructuring allows legacy debt to be addressed and strategically planned for.
Adhere to director duties
Directors benefit from safe harbour protection from an insolvent trading claim while undergoing restructuring.
Right-size the business
Restructure business operations to make a profit more efficiently while meeting current market demands, in the current economic environment.
Navigate financial challenges with expert restructuring support
Providing decisive guidance through financial uncertainty, our restructuring services are tailored to deliver immediate relief and lasting stability. Together, we’ll transform distress into opportunity, creating a clear path forward during your business’s most challenging moments.
Stabilise operations
Turn financial pressure into manageable solutions. We work alongside you to implement urgent interventions, ensuring your business continues operating while we address underlying issues with practical, effective strategies.
Preserve value
Access transformative debt solutions backed by deep expertise in corporate restructuring, insolvency law and financial recovery – bridging crisis management with sustainable renewal.
Restore confidence
Regain control during uncertainty. We engage transparently with creditors and stakeholders, driving positive outcomes through strategic negotiation and clear communication when it matters most.
Your restructure and turnaround options
We combine deep empathy, expert guidance and unwavering support to provide tailored solutions for businesses facing financial challenges. Find financial relief with our comprehensive business transformation and debt advisory services designed to address the unique challenges directors and owners face.
Voluntary Administration (VA)
Gain breathing space and explore options for potential recovery, while we work with all stakeholders to assess the viability of the business and explore options for potential recovery. Our experienced VA advisors will guide you through the process, working with stakeholders to assess the viability of the business and explore options for potential recovery, maximising returns to creditors.
Small Business Restructure (SBR)
Regain control and achieve long-term stability. Specifically designed for small and medium-sized businesses, our Small Business Restructuring (SBR) services provide a lifeline for navigating financial challenges. We provide practical and sustainable SBR plans that assist our clients to manage debt, improve cash flow, and preserve business continuity.
Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA)
Safe Harbour
Features and benefits of our restructure and turnaround services
Solving the right problems at the right time can be the difference between a business surviving or failing. Our people are trained to identify the right action plan for each unique situation, helping businesses in all industries and business models to pivot out of difficult times where possible, and create viable pathways for the business’s future.
Get a business assessment
Expert review of business financials and business pressures.
Get an insolvency assessment
Careful considerations of the net effect if an insolvency appointment comes into play, either voluntarily or driven by creditors.
Save the business
Continue to drive economic sustainability and growth. Protecting jobs, supporting businesses, stakeholders, and landlords. Helping businesses to continue to contribute to industry and the community.
Address legacy debt
COVID-19 economic response measures enabled companies to continue while debts mounted. Restructuring allows legacy debt to be addressed and strategically planned for.
Adhere to director duties
Directors benefit from safe harbour protection from an insolvent trading claim while undergoing restructuring.
Right-size the business
Restructure business operations to make a profit more efficiently while meeting current market demands, in the current economic environment.
Our team’s expertise and achievements
At AVA Advisory, our interdisciplinary team includes specialist restructuring and turnaround Advisors, Registered Liquidators, Chartered Accountants, valuation specialists and financial professionals, all to help you get through tough times.
We have highly qualified Business Restructuring and Corporate Advisory professionals with decades of experience in restructuring and turnaround services. We’ve helped countless SMBs in all sectors throughout Australia overcome their cashflow concerns to improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.
Navigate financial challenges with expert restructuring support
Providing decisive guidance through financial uncertainty, our restructuring services are tailored to deliver immediate relief and lasting stability. Together, we’ll transform distress into opportunity, creating a clear path forward during your business’s most challenging moments.
Stabilise operations
Turn financial pressure into manageable solutions. We work alongside you to implement urgent interventions, ensuring your business continues operating while we address underlying issues with practical, effective strategies.
Preserve value
Access transformative debt solutions backed by deep expertise in corporate restructuring, insolvency law and financial recovery – bridging crisis management with sustainable renewal.
Restore confidence
Regain control during uncertainty. We engage transparently with creditors and stakeholders, driving positive outcomes through strategic negotiation and clear communication when it matters most.
Our team’s expertise and achievements
At AVA Advisory, our interdisciplinary team includes specialist restructuring and turnaround Advisors, Registered Liquidators, Chartered Accountants, valuation specialists and financial professionals, all to help you get through tough times.
We have highly qualified Business Restructuring and Corporate Advisory professionals with decades of experience in restructuring and turnaround services. We’ve helped countless SMBs in all sectors throughout Australia overcome their cashflow concerns to improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.
Navigate financial challenges with expert restructuring support
Providing decisive guidance through financial uncertainty, our restructuring services are tailored to deliver immediate relief and lasting stability. Together, we’ll transform distress into opportunity, creating a clear path forward during your business’s most challenging moments.
Stabilise operations
Turn financial pressure into manageable solutions. We work alongside you to implement urgent interventions, ensuring your business continues operating while we address underlying issues with practical, effective strategies.
Preserve value
Access transformative debt solutions backed by deep expertise in corporate restructuring, insolvency law and financial recovery – bridging crisis management with sustainable renewal.
Restore confidence
Regain control during uncertainty. We engage transparently with creditors and stakeholders, driving positive outcomes through strategic negotiation and clear communication when it matters most.
Our team’s expertise and achievements
At AVA Advisory, our interdisciplinary team includes specialist restructuring and turnaround Advisors, Registered Liquidators, Chartered Accountants, valuation specialists and financial professionals, all to help you get through tough times.
We have highly qualified Business Restructuring and Corporate Advisory professionals with decades of experience in restructuring and turnaround services. We’ve helped countless SMBs in all sectors throughout Australia overcome their cashflow concerns to improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.
Navigate financial challenges with expert restructuring support
Providing decisive guidance through financial uncertainty, our restructuring services are tailored to deliver immediate relief and lasting stability. Together, we’ll transform distress into opportunity, creating a clear path forward during your business’s most challenging moments.
Stabilise operations
Turn financial pressure into manageable solutions. We work alongside you to implement urgent interventions, ensuring your business continues operating while we address underlying issues with practical, effective strategies.
Preserve value
Access transformative debt solutions backed by deep expertise in corporate restructuring, insolvency law and financial recovery – bridging crisis management with sustainable renewal.
Restore confidence
Regain control during uncertainty. We engage transparently with creditors and stakeholders, driving positive outcomes through strategic negotiation and clear communication when it matters most.
Our team’s expertise and achievements
At AVA Advisory, our interdisciplinary team includes specialist restructuring and turnaround Advisors, Registered Liquidators, Chartered Accountants, valuation specialists and financial professionals, all to help you get through tough times.
We have highly qualified Business Restructuring and Corporate Advisory professionals with decades of experience in restructuring and turnaround services. We’ve helped countless SMBs in all sectors throughout Australia overcome their cashflow concerns to improve profitability and drive sustainable growth.
When should you consider restructuring services?
You should consider speaking to our business restructuring experts right away to maximise your options towards recovery – the longer you wait, the fewer options you may have. Take action at the first sign of any of the following scenarios:
Cash flow issues
If your business is experiencing continuous cash flow problems, it can disrupt daily operations and create financial strain. Addressing these issues early can help you regain stability and ensure business continuity.
Missed repayments
Regularly missing loan or finance repayments indicates mounting financial pressure. Acting quickly can prevent further debt accumulation and protect your credit standing.
Low profitability
Generating steady or growing revenue but failing to cover operating expenses is a warning sign. This could indicate deeper financial inefficiencies that need immediate attention.
Competitor advantage
If operational inefficiencies are allowing competitors to gain market share, your business may be losing its edge. Identifying and resolving these inefficiencies can help you stay competitive.
Legal threats
Unpaid debts leading to legal action by courts or creditors pose serious risks to your business. Early intervention can help you avoid legal consequences and protect your company’s reputation.
Why timing matters
Quick action can transform a crisis into an opportunity for business recovery. The earlier you seek help, the more options you have to protect your business and personal assets.
Early action advantages
More time to negotiate with creditors
Better chances of arranging manageable payment plans
Greater flexibility in restructuring options
Reduced risk of personal liability
Protection of business relationships and reputation
Working with AVA Advisory was a game-changer for our small business. Their expertise and guidance helped us successfully restructure and stabilise our operations, paving the way for financial success. We highly recommend their services.
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“AVA have been able to help guide us in terms of what we’ve needed financially. We’ve also engaged them with legal actions that we’ve wanted to prepare ourselves for.
To know we have that confidence behind us should anything go round or should we need those services is absolutely brilliant.”
“After the initial consultation with AVA, we felt that our issues were completely understood and very quickly our minds were put at ease.
We knew we needed to find a company that could actually communicate with the ATO on our behalf. An incredible amount of pressure was taken off me.”
“All of the AVA team have such great expertise and dealt with everything in so professionally. At no point did we ever feel lost or like they wouldn't be able to assist us.
We highly recommend AVA Advisory because of their expertise and dedication to getting a business where it needs to be.”
“I had massive bad debt standing over my head from our tax bill. The SBR process was painless and easy.
AVA Advisory changed everything for me. Their team did all the work – all I did was answer their questions. They were really good at following up, and communicating things in terminology I could understand.”
“AVA Advisory continue to identify any operational or financial exposure that we might have. They’ve been so good at helping us extrapolate to where we want to be, to plan financially, so that we can just really focus on being creative and marketing our business.
We feel like we are in really safe hands.”
“We went through the SBR process and negotiated our tax rate down, then came up with a plan to repay a portion of the tax that our company could afford.
AVA Advisory really showed empathy – they understood the situation and adapted it to help us. They just didn't treat us like everybody else.”
FAQs
Find answers to common questions about Restructure and Turnaround.
Business restructuring involves reorganising a company's operations, finances, or structure to improve stability and long-term viability. It can help businesses facing financial distress by reducing costs, managing debts, and improving cash flow.
If your business is struggling with cash flow issues, mounting debt, missed repayments, declining profitability, or legal threats from creditors, restructuring may be the best solution. Early action increases your chances of recovery.
Restructuring focuses on saving and stabilising a business by reorganising finances and operations. Liquidation, on the other hand, involves winding up a business and selling assets to repay debts.
SBR allows eligible businesses to restructure debts while continuing to trade, giving them a chance to recover without the formal insolvency process. It helps manage creditor negotiations, improve cash flow, and regain control.
VA provides breathing space by pausing creditor actions while administrators assess the company's viability. It allows businesses to explore recovery options and develop a plan to maximise returns for creditors.
Yes, many businesses accumulated significant debt due to COVID-19 economic relief measures. A structured business restructure can help manage and address this legacy debt while ensuring ongoing viability.
The timeframe depends on the complexity of your business’s financial situation. Some restructuring processes, like Small Business Restructuring, can be completed within a few months, while larger turnarounds may take longer.
Restructuring aims to improve business sustainability, which can ultimately protect jobs and stakeholder interests. However, operational adjustments may be necessary to ensure long-term stability.
Delaying restructuring can limit your options, increase financial strain, and heighten the risk of insolvency or legal action from creditors. Seeking professional advice early can help secure the best possible outcome.
AVA Advisory provides tailored restructuring solutions, expert financial assessments, and negotiation strategies to help businesses regain stability. Our team works closely with you to develop a plan that protects your interests and supports long-term success.
Still have questions?
Get in touch for more information.
How AVA Advisory helps
We’ve guided hundreds of Australian businesses through urgent financial challenges. Our approach combines technical expertise with genuine understanding of the pressures you face.
Expert negotiation
We deal directly with the ATO and creditors on your behalf, using our experience to seek the best possible outcomes.
Protecting your interests
Our specialists help shield both your business and personal assets, while working towards sustainable outcomes.
Strategic planning
We develop clear action plans that address your immediate pressures while building long-term stability.
Clear communication
Stay informed with regular updates and straightforward explanations of your options and progress.
Join us on the journey to resilience
At AVA Advisory, we believe that every business deserves the chance to not just survive but thrive. Our team is here to provide the expert guidance, personalised solutions, and empathetic support you need to overcome financial challenges and achieve long-term success. Whether you’re facing insolvency, struggling with debt, or looking for ways to improve your financial management, we’re here to help.
Meet our team
Our dedicated team of industry experts bring a wealth of knowledge and experience, from debt management and business transformation to high-level corporate advisory. Guided by integrity and trust, we are vibrant and future-focused, with a commitment to professional and financial excellence.
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Andrew is an established expert in insolvency, business restructuring and debt management with 17+ years of experience.
Art is an experienced director, helping support businesses post-insolvency become more efficient and achieve sustainable success.
Hannah is an experienced creative with over 20 years experience in brand strategy, design and user experience .
Sam has a background in administration and business solutions and works directly with our clients to achieve financial freedom.
Anastassiya is an insolvency and client advisor with experience in accounting, finance and debt management.
Nadya helps support SMBs through their insolvency process, driving success and ensuring a seamless experience.
Dhru offers empathetic support and valuable insights for businesses seeking debt management assistance.
Michael works directly with clients to learn more about their individual circumstances and connects them with specialist advice.
Alex supports clients throughout their restructuring journey by organising intake and preparing documentation.
Shai is an organised multitasker, ensuring our seamless operations, schedules and executive support.
Ellie works directly with clients to learn more about their individual circumstances and connects them with specialist advice.
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