Special Situations & Structured Capital

Structured & Special Situations Capital is designed for complex transactions and adverse scenarios that fall outside conventional lending criteria.

We structure bespoke capital solutions for UK and international clients facing financial stress, ownership disputes, regulatory sensitivity, distressed assets, or transitional challenges — where traditional institutions are unable or unwilling to engage.

Our approach focuses on stabilisation, structured recovery, and strategic repositioning with clear exit visibility and disciplined execution.

We support most types of situations capital requirement

Repossession, Administration, IVA & Bankruptcy Support

We advise clients facing repossession proceedings, administration, IVAs, or bankruptcy-related restructuring. Our approach prioritises asset preservation, structured settlements, and stabilisation strategies to avoid forced disposals where legally permissible. Capital solutions are aligned to restore financial control and long-term stability.

Situation Recovery Under Adverse Backgrounds

We support clients operating under adverse circumstances, provided there is identifiable asset value or a credible recovery pathway. Our assessment focuses on fundamentals — asset strength, operational potential, and exit clarity — rather than historic credit events alone. The objective is structured recovery with controlled execution.

Credit & Financial Adversity

We structure capital solutions for impaired credit profiles, legacy defaults, covenant breaches, arrears, or restricted banking access. Funding is engineered around asset quality and recovery strategy rather than conventional credit scoring. Each structure prioritises risk mitigation and defined exit routes.

International Clients with Adverse Backgrounds

We support select international clients facing cross-border credit challenges, regulatory scrutiny, jurisdictional constraints, or reputational complexity. Subject to applicable UK and international legal frameworks, solutions are structured with enhanced compliance alignment and transparent governance. Our focus remains asset-backed recovery, capital preservation, and execution certainty.

Regulatory, Compliance & Sanctions-Related Constraints

Certain mandates involve enhanced due diligence, AML scrutiny, or cross-border compliance complexity. We structure solutions within applicable regulatory frameworks, ensuring governance integrity and risk mitigation. Every transaction is assessed with strict legal and compliance alignment.

Legal, Dispute & Settlement Situations

Litigation, contested ownership, creditor disputes, or shareholder disagreements can materially restrict liquidity. We structure capital to facilitate orderly settlements and protect asset value during resolution. The focus is controlled outcomes and avoidance of distressed disposals.

Family, Partnership & Corporate Settlements

Family restructuring, partnership exits, divorce settlements, or shareholder deadlocks require discreet and neutral capital solutions. We support ownership realignment while preserving long-term asset value. Execution is handled with confidentiality and strategic discipline.

Corporate & Group-Level Restructuring

Complex group structures, legacy guarantees, cross-collateralisation, or SPV misalignment can constrain growth. We structure recapitalisation and hybrid solutions to stabilise leverage and clarify ownership. The objective is restored balance-sheet strength and strategic flexibility.

Repositioning & Distressed Repositioning Capital

We provide capital for underperforming or distressed assets requiring operational, structural, or capital-stack repositioning. Solutions may support change-of-use, turnaround strategies, or lender pressure scenarios. The aim is stabilisation today and value enhancement tomorrow.

Transitional & Turnaround Scenarios

Stalled developments, underperforming hospitality or healthcare assets, and obsolete commercial properties often require transitional capital. We structure funding aligned to realistic recovery timelines and defined exit strategies. Each mandate is engineered for stabilisation and long-term repositioning success.

Esteema Special Situations & Capital Partners Expertise 

(Real Estate | Hospitality | Healthcare | Corporate | International)
Debt | Equity | Joint Venture | Hybrid Capital | Strategic Transactions

Leveraging deep experience in complex, time-sensitive, and adverse scenarios, Esteema Capital Partners delivers structured capital and transaction solutions across the UK and international markets. We combine diversified capital access with rapid execution capability — enabling clients to stabilise situations through funding, strategic asset transactions, or a combination of both.

Our approach is capital-markets driven, execution-led, and outcome-focused — providing certainty where traditional institutions are unable or unwilling to engage.

Estimated Funding & Transaction Delivery – Special Situations Expertise

Instant & Diversified Capital Access

Privileged access to private credit funds, family offices, institutional lenders, and structured capital partners enables rapid deployment of senior debt, mezzanine capital, preferred equity, joint ventures, and hybrid capital. Solutions include bridge-to-settlement, bridge-to-repositioning, and recapitalisation structures tailored to adverse or transitional scenarios.

Situational Competency & Specialist Expertise

Deep expertise in handling complex circumstances including adverse credit profiles, regulatory sensitivity, disputes, restructuring, repossession, administration, IVAs, bankruptcy-related restructuring, and distressed repositioning. Each mandate is assessed on asset fundamentals, recovery pathways, and exit clarity rather than historic constraints alone.

Speed, Certainty & Decisive Execution

Special situations require urgency. Our streamlined underwriting, direct capital access, and senior-level decision-making enable “Quick Decision – Quick Funding” while maintaining institutional discipline, governance, and execution certainty.

Structural Flexibility & Bespoke Solutions

Highly flexible capital and ownership structures including multi-layered capital stacks, equity-linked instruments, SPV restructuring, cross-border solutions, and multi-currency facilities. Structures are engineered to stabilise assets, preserve value, and deliver realistic recovery and exit options.

Immediate Transaction & Asset Disposal Capability

Where funding is not the optimal solution, our specialist transaction team can execute rapid asset disposals, portfolio sales, or structured exits. We provide immediate transaction support to sell assets toward either capital resolution or strategic exit — ensuring value preservation, controlled execution, and alignment with recovery objectives.

Client Outcome Advantage

By combining diversified capital access, specialist situational expertise, execution speed, structural flexibility, and immediate transaction capability, Esteema delivers a unique advantage in special situations — enabling clients to stabilise adverse positions, execute strategic asset sales where required, avoid forced disposals, and restore long-term capital market credibility.

 

Sectors We Cover

We provide Special Situations & Structured Capital solutions across a broad range of asset classes and operating sectors, combining sector intelligence with capital engineering expertise.

Real Estate: Commercial, mixed-use, residential portfolios, development assets, investment properties, income-producing assets, and repositioning mandates.

Hospitality: Hotels, serviced apartments, leisure assets, operational repositioning, OpCo/PropCo structures, and distressed or transitional hospitality platforms.

Healthcare: Care homes, medical centres, specialist healthcare facilities, operating healthcare businesses, and healthcare real estate under regulatory or capital stress.

Corporate & Operating Businesses: SMEs, mid-market corporates, asset-backed trading businesses, holding structures, and group-level recapitalisation scenarios.

Special Situations & Transitional Assets: Distressed assets, turnaround mandates, cross-border SPVs, complex ownership structures, and multi-jurisdictional restructuring cases.