issues and challenges (click for more info)

With a business landscape that is complex and uncertain Pilot is dedicated to creating opportunities for our clients by assisting them prepare for:

• Estate planning and preparing for the sale of your business is a necessary and vital task when you have spent a life time building it up and you want the most out of it when it is time to leave.
• Your business should be reviewed on a continual basis to analyse your core capabilities, structure and performance.
• When your business has grown rapidly in a short period of time there are many operational and strategic problems for example supply chain management and Pilot can help you be prepared and have a plan in place to counteract possible challenges.
• If your business is in large amounts of debt and sales are declining, Pilot can assist your restructure and streamline your operations to
  ensure that your business stays in shape.
• If you have ever dreamt of a listing but are not sure how to get there, we can help you. Pilot has a team of experts who have taken clients onto international markets in four weeks, a record for any Australian company.

Our Strategic Planning team has over 25 years experience and can take you and your business where you want to go. We are dedicated to creating
opportunities for you whilst adding value not cost.

our services and expertise (click for more info)

Regular staff training, well-honed commercial insolvency management skills, exposure to major administrations, and director involvement on all client projects form
the foundation of our Performance and Recovery division’s success.

We work with clients to gain a thorough understanding of the business, the environment in which it operates, and the problems it may be experiencing. Then,
together, we implement realistic strategies to achieve the best possible outcome.

In carrying out all assignments, we recognise the need for complete confidentiality and integrity at all times. Our significant involvement in investigative and forensic
assignments assists in identifying and evaluating issues that may lead to the opportunity for recovery to creditors.

Pilot’s expertise in this field extends to the full range of corporate insolvency services on behalf of secured and unsecured creditors, companies and /or directors. Our directors are well qualified as insolvency practitioners and are members of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia. The team at Pilot is experienced in all aspects of personal and performance recovery and reconstruction.

Our Performance and Recovery services include:

• Receiverships
• Voluntary Administrations
• Court liquidations
• Creditors and Members voluntary liquidations
• Bankruptcy and Part X arrangements
• Pre-lending and security reviews
• Business restructures
• Special purpose reports
• General insolvency advice

By providing a full range of value-added services the team at Pilot is able to:

• Coordinate problem loan reviews for financial institutions;
• Conduct profitability analyses for directors and business owners;
• Prepare independent expert reports on insolvency;
• Coordinate the wind down of business activity and the sale of assets and businesses;
• Act as trustee in areas of family law, general litigation, property law and deceased estates;
• Provide litigation support for solicitors and insurers;
• Assist with alternative methods of dispute resolution;
• Undertake reconstruction of accounting books and records;
• Determine the elements contributing to underperformance;
• Formulate operational and financial solutions to address underperformance; and
• Improve stakeholder communication.

We acknowledge that pure financial expertise does not always provide the total solution for businesses. We are able to structure our resources to ensure an appropriate mix of commercial and technical expertise is available to manage potential or identified concerns, having regards to appropriate legal requirements.

We ensure that our clients have direct access to the partners and appropriate senior personnel of the firm from the commencement of an assignment to completion.

Regular meetings with our clients are intended to provide frank discussion and communication relating to specific assignments, with the aim of jointly structuring innovative solutions to commercial problems. The combination of our business and insolvency skills, and our clients’ knowledge and expertise, enables us to achieve the objective of maximising the financial position of our clients.