• The company is roughly in the $10–150 million revenue range.

• The business operates in energy, power, or industrial services, including oilfield services and asset-intensive field operations.

• Operations, lenders, and regulators are primarily in Canada (Alberta, Saskatchewan, BC focused).

• There is one or a small group of senior lenders, potentially alongside a sponsor or family office, rather than a large global lending syndicate.

• The situation requires an embedded operator – someone who can run cash and operations week-to-week while engaging directly with the board and lender.

• The value at risk does not justify a $500k–$1M+ global consulting engagement, but still demands senior, specialist attention.

• You need someone in the chair in days, not weeks – with a focused 30–60 day diagnostic and a 3–12 month execution horizon. In most situations, NorthHelm can be formally engaged and active within a few days of first contact.

In these situations, NorthHelm provides senior, basin-specific leadership with right-sized economics and a clear focus on stabilising cash, restoring lender confidence, and executing the agreed plan.

If your situation looks like this, contact NorthHelm for a confidential conversation about your file.

When a larger firm may be a better fit

In some situations, a larger advisory platform (FTI, Alvarez & Marsal, national LIT firm, etc.) is the right answer. That’s typically the case when:

• The business is $200M+ in revenue with multi-country operations.

• There’s a large syndicate and complex intercreditors.

• There are multiple cross-border legal/tax workstreams from day one.

• Boards/credit committees explicitly want a global brand for governance/optics.