About Bryan, Tappy & Tilley LLP


BT&T is an organization of senior turnaround management professionals headed by David Bryan, John Mansell and Alan Tilley.  With a combined 30 years of experience in turnaround and restructuring of underperforming businesses the three principals were previously senior professionals in Glass Europe. A pioneer in the field of turnaround management, Glass & Associates Inc was founded in USA over twenty years ago by senior executives, former CEOs and CFOs with hands-on real world experience across a wide range of industries. Glass was acquired by a leading US consultancy group in 2007. The senior professionals of Glass Europe based in UK and Germany recognized the value of preserving Glass’s traditions and successful business model in Europe, in BT&T.

BT&T is dedicated to increasing enterprise value of troubled firms by identifying and correcting underlying operational issues. BT&T brings senior professionals in an executive or advisory capacity to support management in navigating through the complex issues of preserving and increasing value when operating in the “zone of insolvency” or under severe operational and liquidity pressures.

In Europe the Principals of BT&T and our German and other European associates have successfully completed more than 50 engagements with companies ranging from €10 million to €1.5 billion, in all major industry sectors.  BT&T executives are frequent speakers at conferences on European turnaround issues and have been leaders in the Turnaround Management Association. Carrying on the Glass tradition for excellence which included TMA “Mega” Turnaround of the Year in 2005, BT&T Principal Alan Tilley was the 2008 recipient of the TMA International Chairman’s award for outstanding contribution to the development of turnaround management in Europe. For 2010, Alan has been appointed Vice President, International Relations for TMA worldwide and David Bryan has joined the board of TMA UK.

BT&T’s international capability is further enhanced by its strategic affiliation with Conway MacKenzie. Since 1987, CM&D has specialized in providing turnaround management, performance improvement and litigation support services to middle market clients in a wide variety of industries throughout North America. The combination of our two firms provides a seamless solution to companies in need of international restructuring services. Click here to visit CM&D's website. In Europe and Latin America, BT&T is proud to be associated with Gila & Co a leading firm of turnaround specialists based in Madrid. Click here to visit Gila & Co's website.

BT&T has the cultural sensitivities, linguistic capabilities and understanding of local, national and international issues to operate effectively in local and cross-border crisis situations.  BT&T’s clients include both European based companies and US companies with European operations. BT&T executives have operated in most of the countries of the European Union and Eastern Europe. The value we add is experience.

 


 
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