What does Helikoty Conseils do?

Helikoty Conseils is an independent financial advisory firm supporting SME and mid-cap leaders on their most sensitive operations: Transaction Services (due diligence), business valuation, restructuring, financial disputes and CFO services. Every engagement is handled personally by Michael Zribi.

Who is Michael Zribi?

A former entrepreneur and company director, then CFO and Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO), Michael Zribi graduated from Centrale Paris, HEC and holds a degree in distressed-business law (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne). He is a member of the AJR, TMA France and the Droit et Commerce association.

Where does Helikoty Conseils operate?

Based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Michael Zribi works in France and internationally (Europe, French-speaking Africa / OHADA, the Americas, the Middle East), across French GAAP, US GAAP, UK GAAP and IFRS.

How do I contact Helikoty Conseils?

By email at michael@helikoty.fr, by phone at +33 6 64 61 74 50, or by booking a 30-minute call via Calendly (https://calendly.com/helikotyconseils/30min).

Helikoty Conseils — Financial Advisory: transactions, restructuring, disputes

Transactions. Turnarounds. Disputes.
A partner for every challenge.

Former entrepreneur and former partner at a financial advisory firm. Today, I guide business leaders when stakes are critical: due diligence, restructuring, financial disputes.

Standards: French GAAP, US GAAP, UK GAAP, IFRS · Software: Pennylane, Quickbooks, Odoo, Sage

An approach forged by experience

I've walked in your shoes

10 years as a startup co-founder. The sleepless nights, the impossible trade-offs, the loneliness of decision-making: I know. This experience is now at your service.

Engineer's rigor, entrepreneur's vision

Centrale Paris, HEC and a postgraduate degree in distressed-business law (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): elite education serving one purpose — concrete results for your business.

A trusted network

Accountants, business lawyers, investment funds: a qualified partner ecosystem for comprehensive 360° support.

Michael Zribi, your single point of contact.

A former entrepreneur and company director for over ten years, then CFO and Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO), I've sat on both sides of the table: the one who leads and decides under pressure, and the one who advises when everything is at stake.

Today I personally handle leaders' most sensitive operations. You're never handed off to a junior: I run your file myself, from the first conversation to signing.

École Centrale Paris · HEC · Distressed-business law (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Former entrepreneur & director (10+ yrs) · ex-CFO and Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO)

Standards: French GAAP, US GAAP, UK GAAP, IFRS & OHADA

Cross-border work: Europe, French-speaking Africa, the Americas, Middle East

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Solutions for every situation

Transaction Services

Secure your external growth operations with rigorous financial analysis.

Buy-side Due Diligence
Vendor Due Diligence (VDD)
VDD Review
Vendor Assistance
Quality of Earnings / Quality of Debt
Locked Box Mechanisms

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Business Valuation

Know and defend your company's real worth.

Independent valuation (DCF, multiples, NAV)
Share valuation and waterfall
Management package
Fairness opinion & contradictory valuation

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Restructuring

Supporting distressed companies, from prevention to recovery.

Amicable procedures (ad hoc mandate, conciliation, IBR)
Collective proceedings
Continuation plan
Affected party class valuation
Distressed due diligence
Court-supervised acquisition

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Disputes & Litigation

Financial expertise in service of your disputes and arbitrations.

Customer / supplier disputes
Shareholder litigation
Damages assessment
Counterfactual analysis
Cash at Closing calculation
Preference shares waterfall
Warranty claim activation
Tax and social disputes
Director defense (asset insufficiency)
Accounting anomaly detection

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CFO Services

Structure your finance function to drive your growth.

Accounting ERP integration
BI solution implementation
Dashboards and KPIs
Performance management

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Real situations, measurable results

Representative engagements from my career. Real sectors and orders of magnitude; cases anonymised for confidentiality.

Transaction Services

VDD · Higher education

Vendor due diligence preparing the sale of an education group: normalised EBITDA and net debt secured to open a competitive process.

Sell-side file ready for the market

Transaction Services

VDD · Healthcare

Vendor due diligence of a healthcare group; consolidated sell-side file for a competitive process.

Healthcare group · ~€23m revenue

Transaction Services

Buy-side due diligence · Laboratories

Financial due diligence for a buyer: real performance and red flags ahead of an offer.

Target ~€14m revenue

Transaction Services

Performance analysis · IT services

Financial and economic performance analysis of an IT services group.

Consolidated revenue ~€31m

Transaction Services

Acquisition review · Cloud / Tech

Review of the financial history of a distressed technology company, ahead of a takeover.

Takeover · revenue ~€2m, EBITDA −€6m

Transaction Services

Vendor Assistance · Industry

Vendor assistance, fund-side: restatements prepared and buyer objections anticipated before negotiation.

Buyer objections anticipated

Restructuring

Court reorganisation plan · Pharmaceuticals

10-year business plan and continuation plan presented to the court, on behalf of the debtor.

~€65m liabilities · 10-year plan

Restructuring

IBR · Real-estate holding

Independent Business Review of a property-bridging operator, in amicable proceedings with its creditors.

Net debt ~€163m · portfolio ~€142m

Restructuring

IBR · Transport

Cash-flow forecast and independent review of a large transport group.

Revenue ~€210m · EBITDA ~€5m

Restructuring

Turnaround · Food industry

IBR and restructuring proposals; profitability recovery of a company under pressure.

EBITDA recovered from −€1.7m to +€0.2m

Restructuring

IBR · Textile / trading

History and projections of a hosiery house under cash pressure.

Revenue ~€9.5m · recovery plan

Restructuring

IBR · Education / training

History, landing point and cash-flow forecasts of a training group.

Net cash monitored (−€1.6m)

Disputes

Completion cash dispute · Industry

Contest of the completion net cash after the sale of a division; analysis of the cash actually available.

~€14m overstatement demonstrated

Disputes

Defence vs opposing expert · Logistics

Defendant-side counter-expertise against a Big Four firm's report.

€6.5m claim contested

Disputes

Business interruption loss · Maritime

Damages assessment after a structure was put out of service (collision, downtime, repairs).

~€9m loss quantified

Disputes

Contested invoices · Data centre

Analysis of the accounts and synthesis of the disputes of a data-centre operator.

~€5m of contested invoices

Disputes

Damages · Live events

Valuation of lost business opportunities, with teams fully mobilised on a major production.

Loss documented, item by item

What the leaders we've supported say

“Michael took our numbers where no one else dared to look. We walked into the negotiation a step ahead.”

Mid-cap industrial leaderExternal growth deal

“A financial partner who speaks the judge's language. His quantification held from start to finish.”

Business lawyerShareholder dispute

“In a critical moment, he created the time we lacked to decide calmly.”

SME founderRestructuring & conciliation

Transactions. Turnarounds. Disputes.
A partner for every challenge.