Hilco Capital is a British financial investment and restructuring advisory company, operating in the UK, Western Europe, Canada and Australia.

History

Hilco Capital was founded in London in 2000 as a joint venture between its management team and Hilco Global.

Notable projects

Hilco has been involved with these companies, and in some cases owning and operating them for a period of time:

Awards

Hilco Capital was awarded Special Situations Debt Provider of the Year at the IFT Awards 2022. The company also won the Turnaround of the Year Award at the Turnaround, Restructuring & Insolvency Awards (TRI) 2019. It also won the Business Rescue of the Year award (£21-50m turnover) at the Insolvency & Rescue Awards 2009.

Criticism

While the company was described in December 2018 by The Times as a vulture fund, other media reports have described this narrative as ‘scapegoat-hunting desperation’.