Los Angeles · Owner-led & lower-middle-market companies

Financial leadership when the situation gets complicated.

Special situations and CFO advisory for owner-led and lower-middle-market companies facing financing needs, liquidity pressure, transactions, restructuring and other critical financial situations.

A combination of institutional investing, private equity and hands-on CFO experience provides an investor's perspective on operating decisions, financing and capital allocation.

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Special Situations
& Restructuring

Restructuring and scenario analysis

Lender and creditor negotiations

Distressed transactions

Working-capital and cost actions

Liquidity and 13-week cash-flow forecasting

Financial support alongside restructuring and bankruptcy counsel

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Financing
& Transactions

Bank financing and refinancing

Lender presentations and credit analysis

Capital-structure analysis

Acquisition evaluation and due diligence

Transaction modeling

Financing negotiations

M&A and investor support

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Fractional CFO
& Strategic Finance

Cash-flow forecasting

Budgeting and financial modeling

Working-capital and profitability analysis

Management, board and investor reporting

KPI and operating analysis

Capital allocation

Finance and accounting oversight

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Distressed acquisition & restructuring

Enron Bankruptcy Acquisition

Lead execution and portfolio-management role in Lime Rock Partners' acquisition of a 91% interest in an energy company through the Enron bankruptcy — at the time the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.

Complex refinancing

Los Angeles Commercial Property

Structured a refinancing of a ~$13M property that preserved two legacy loans at a weighted-average rate of 3% and secured a new $2.4M five-year bank facility.

Acquisition due diligence & financing

Hercules Offshore / Global Industries

Led Lime Rock's due diligence and acquisition financing for the ~$53M purchase of Global Industries' 22-vessel liftboat division. The investment ultimately generated a 9.4x ROI.

Fractional CFO & strategic finance

Los Angeles Apparel & E-Commerce Company

Built the company's active DTC business and increased DTC sales by more than 8x, while providing ongoing fractional CFO support.

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Pontus Willfors

Institutional finance experience.
Hands-on operating perspective.

Experience spanning Goldman Sachs, seven years at Lime Rock Partners, entrepreneurship, operating finance and independent advisory work.

Goldman SachsEquity Research, Oil & Gas
Lime Rock PartnersPrivate Equity · Associate & Limited Partner
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