Restoring Leverage in a Multi-Billion Dollar Business Exit

Individual: Ousted CEO and major shareholder
Company: Multi-billion dollar enterprise in the tech and logistics sector
Core Issues: Forced removal from the board, personal guarantees on business debt, zero access to information or decision-making

A founding CEO of a multi-billion dollar company was voted off the board during a hostile restructuring led by investors. Despite holding a significant equity position, he was abruptly removed from operations and locked out of internal systems, with no access to staff, accounts, or legal documentation.

To make matters worse, the client had personally guaranteed:
-   Lines of credit
-   Corporate debt
-   Vendor and leasing agreements

This left him exposed to millions in personal liability for decisions he could no longer influence.

With no legal leverage, no inside allies, and a collapsing personal financial position, the client had zero ability to negotiate a clean exit or protect his ownership stake.

We conducted a confidential audit of:
-   All PG-bound agreements
-   Corporate bylaws and board voting rights
-   Executive equity structures and shareholder rights

This allowed us to quickly identify structural vulnerabilities in the board’s actions and voting processes.

-   Partnered with litigation and corporate governance counsel to challenge the legality of his removal
-   Identified procedural violations that exposed the board to risk
-   Quietly opened back-channel communication with board members and legal representatives to de-escalate the conflict without media or shareholder fallout

-   Negotiated a revised board structure with rotating board seats and observer rights, securing our client’s reentry
-   Facilitated the appointment of a neutral oversight director to ensure balanced governance
-   Rewrote voting protocols to prevent future unilateral ousters

-   Worked with lenders to renegotiate and limit personal liability on PGs
-   Replaced guarantees with institutional risk-sharing structures
-   Structured a clean path for eventual equity liquidation or buyout on the client’s terms

-   Client was reinstated to the board within 60 days
-   Governance was restructured to ensure long-term fairness and accountability
-   Personal guarantees were severed or capped, with no further liability exposure
-   A strategic exit plan was put in place, allowing the client to retain equity, rebuild reputation, and control timing of his departure
-   All achieved without lawsuits, press coverage, or loss of enterprise value