Sponsored The Workout Group LLC (TWG) may be one of the only groups of professionals that have led successful restructurings of microcap companies in the last 2 years. They were known as OTCWORKOUTS, LLC but changed their name to better reflect what they do. Below are three case studies where TWG recapitalized the company and remediated its’ debt that resulted
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In September, two New York law firms, The Basile Law Firm P.C. and Phillipson & Uretsky, LLP announced that they have opened an investigation into a potential class action lawsuit against New York based lenders of short-term loans to microcap companies trading on the OTC Market. We checked in with Mark Basile, Esq. (of The Basile Law Firm P.C.)
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Guest Post By: Mike Starkweather The term toxic debt gets tossed around regularly in the micro-cap space, and yet most people don’t understand what it means or why a CEO would accept a loan with such volatile terms. First, it is important to understand what the term toxic debt indicates before we can break down how debt becomes toxic and why
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Today, two New York law firms, The Basile Law Firm P.C. and Phillipson & Uretsky, LLP announced that they have opened an investigation into a potential class action lawsuit against New York based lenders of short-term loans to microcap companies trading on the OTC Market. The class action being investigated and considered is on behalf of OTC Market public microcap
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In a recent post on LinkedIn, Tom Allinder discussed “Why an Alternative to Litigation is better for Lenders and Funders.” Allinder says the primary reason a funder should choose restructuring over litigation is because, through a restructure, funders have a much greater chance of receiving a return of capital (and a profit). For direct microcap investors, Allinder says restructures are
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Guest Post By: Tom Allinder I was speaking to a funder of microcap companies last week. He was describing how the microcap market is continuing to fall apart. I asked him what the problem was… “Convertible debt and the funding instruments the companies are using,” he replied. “We are seeing this across the board now. When a company starts filing
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Guest Post By: Mark R. Basile, Esq. There are many forms of terrorism in this world playing out right before us and we are all somewhat familiar with the political form, but what about the economic form. While there is no one specific definition of terrorism as applied to business, I have seen many companies fall victim to what I call
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Toxic debt is a very important topic for microcap professionals but it is seemingly taboo to discuss microcap toxic debt in public (on the internet). There are few reliable sources of information on microcap toxic debt online. We have compiled some of our best content on the topic and will continue to add links to this post as we add more to our website.
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Critical Questions MicroCap Issuers Should Ask Regarding Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instruction Letters
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Guest Post By: Mark R. Basile, Esq. Ok, its summer, the sun is shining, the waves are crashing on the beach and you are now in what’s called the OTC CEO summer doldrums because those things are happening for everyone else except you. And if you are lucky enough to be able to take your family on a summer vacation,
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