Case Studies

The following case studies provide a glimpse into some of the engagements that have been successfully handled by Farber Financial Group.

Insolvency & Restructuring

  • Film & Media - Insolvency & Restructuring - As Trustee in Bankruptcy, the firm successfully rescued and operated Canada's largest film production studio.
  • High Tech Incubator - Insolvency & Restructuring - During the meltdown of the tech sector, itemus inc., a publicly traded internet company, filed for bankruptcy.
  • Apparel - Insolvency & Restructuring - Our turnaround team made sweeping changes and helped to secure financing to save a company.
  • Film & Media - Insolvency & Restructuring - The firm filed a proposal for a company to create breathing room to facilitate a partner buy out, refinancing and restructuring.

Business Performance Optimization and CFO Resources

  • Information Technology - Business Performance Optimization - At a watershed time in the company's lifecycle, the leader of our Business Process Optimization practice implemented strategic, operational and tactical changes that increased market capitalization to more than $400 million from $90 million.
  • Food & Consumer Products - Business Performance Optimization - The consumer packaged goods division of the largest publicly traded food processing company in Canada was losing money. The leader of the Business Performance Optimization practice, and his management team improved gross margins, reduced the capital employed in the business, and improved earnings from a loss of $2 million to profit of $3.5 million.

Corporate Finance, Transactions & Valutions

 

Fraud, Forensic & Asset Recovery

  • Consumer Packaged Goods - Fraud, Forensic & Asset Recovery - When hundreds of investors lost approximately $100 million in a "tooth whitening scam,", the firm was appointed as court-appointed receiver to trace and recover those funds.