Cork Gully

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Cork Gully is a financial and operational restructuring advisory firm headquartered in London. [1] The firm specialises in business transformation, restructuring and special situations, such as the management of tail-end and/or challenged funds, as a sub-advisor or successor asset manager. [2]

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The original firm Cork Gully was established as an insolvency practice, and became pre-eminent in its field from the 1960s to 1990s. [3] In 1980, it merged with Coopers & Lybrand, later becoming part of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). [4] In 2010, the current management team bought the firm from PwC and established Cork Gully LLP, retaining the brand and its insolvency practices as an independent entity. [4]

Original firm

Cork Gully
Company typePartnership
IndustryInsolvency
PredecessorWH Cork & Co
Founded1906;118 years ago (1906) in London, England
FoundersWilliam Henry Cork, Kenneth Cork, and Harry Gully
Defunct1999
FateMerged into PwC
Headquarters
London
,
England
Key people
Sir Kenneth Cork, Roger Cork

In 1906 William Henry Cork created WH Cork & Co, focusing on grocery businesses which were, at that time, being forced out of business by the growth of multiple grocers. In 1935 William Henry Cork formed a partnership with his son Kenneth, and Harry Gully, creating Cork Gully. [2] [3] After William Henry Cork's death and a period of wartime service, his son Kenneth Cork succeeded him as senior partner. He went on to expand the firm as a specialist insolvency practice, gaining pre-eminence in its field by the 1970s. Gerhard (Gerry) Weiss joined the firm in 1952, and was made the first insolvency partner in 1954.

Sir Kenneth Cork (as he later became known) chaired the Cork Committee, whose report issued in 1982 is widely referred to as the Cork Report which led to the passing of the Insolvency Act 1986. He also served as Lord Mayor of London in 1978–79.

Sir Kenneth's son Sir Roger Cork followed in his footsteps, both as a partner in Cork Gully and as Lord Mayor of London (1996–97). [5]

In 1980 Sir Kenneth Cork's successor as senior partner, Michael Jordan, led the firm into a merger with Coopers & Lybrand, [6] which continued to use the name. The Cork Gully brand was eventually discontinued in 1999 after Coopers and Lybrand itself merged with Price Waterhouse to form PwC. [7] [8]

The original firm's assignments included Rolls Razor, Emil Savundra, [3] Barlow Clowes and car maker De Lorean. [9]

Present day

Cork Gully LLP
Company type LLP
IndustryAdvisory
Founded2010;14 years ago (2010) in London, England
FoundersStephen Cork
Headquarters
London
,
England
Key people
Stephen Cork, Managing Partner
Website www.corkgully.com

In 2010 Stephen Cork, great grandson of the original founder William Henry Cork, acquired Cork Gully [10] from PwC and established Cork Gully LLP, as a new restructuring and insolvency firm in London. [9] [11] Stephen Cork was formerly the Head of Restructuring & Recovery at Smith & Williamson [12] (now Evelyn Partners). The firm provides advice on business transformation, asset management, disputes, restructuring and insolvency. [13]

Cork Gully is now an international firm with offices in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, Cayman Islands and New York primarily focused on business transformation, restructuring, and special situations. [4]

In June 2023 the firm launched an asset management division to provide support for managers and investors in challenged and tail-end funds. The division was set up to specialise in helping funds through a crisis, solving liquidity issues, and resolving disputes. [14] The firm also advises on and manages regulated and unregulated investment funds, either as sub-advisers or replacement managers. [14]

Industries

Cork Gully’s financial restructuring consultancy service coverage includes Business and Professional Services; Energy and Natural Resources; Manufacturing; Transport and Logistics; Fintech, Cryptocurrency Assets and Blockchain; Construction and Real Estate; Fund and Asset Management; Financial Cooperatives and Credit Unions; Financial Services and Banking; Leisure; Media and Communications; Retail and Wholesale; and Life Sciences and Healthcare. [15]

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  4. 1 2 3 "Cork Gully expands portfolio with asset management offering". Consultancy UK. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sir Roger Cork Lord Mayor". Worshipful Company of Bowyers. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "Profile – Michael Jordan of Cork Gully". Management Today. 1 Jan 1993. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  7. ↑ Stokdyk, John (31 March 1999). "Cork Gully axed". Accountancy Age. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  8. ↑ Coopers & Lybrand Archived 2012-12-09 at archive.today Family Tree, ICAEW
  9. 1 2 Cork Gully re-established by great grandson, Accountancy Age, 11 November 2010
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  11. ↑ "Cork Gully returns today: Cork continues family heritage". Insolvency News. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011.
  12. ↑ Singh, Rachael (2 August 2010). "Smith & Williamson restructuring head Stephen Cork resigns". Accountancy Age. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "Cork Gully".
  14. 1 2 "Cork Gully launches asset management division". Investment Week. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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