Unsecured Creditor Committee Advisory
How is Unsecured Creditor Committee advisory work viewed for Distressed HF/PE exit ops? Is it similar to a creditor-side assignment or is it considered to be lesser?
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Hi Prospect in IB - Ind, hope I can help. Do any of these links cover what you're looking for:
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You're welcome.
Bump. Interested in this as well. I know A&M and FTI have groups that specialize in this type of work.
In my mind, less of a prestigious seat and much less transferrable workstreams. UCCs are generally constituted by trade creditors and the main goal of the mandate is to argue for a few cents extra recovery vs. actually conducting business diligence and running analyses for use in RSA / term sheet negotiations.
Is this true for all 'Creditor Advisory' or just UCC specifically?
I would say specific to UCC and note that it will change on a case by case basis.
Debtor side is sometimes thought of as more "prestigious" because there is only one seat (vs. multiple on creditor side depending on the cap stack) and results in a higher fee (due to higher workload) but I actually like creditor side more. Debtor representation is primarily defensive, process-heavy work whereas creditor side is more strategically demanding and intellectually stimulating. There is also a ton more variety on the creditor side. Just my 2 cents.
You are better off doing banking at a top EB/BB if you looking to exit to distressed HF/PE. If you cant get into banking, you wont be able to break into HF/PE from UCC Consulting either..
Key to distinguish UCC from any ad hoc group / committee of unsecured creditors which may be in the same/closer class of claims as any potential undersecured creditors. in which case the work is “realer.”
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