David Riley

David Riley

Managing Director

David Riley is Managing Director in the Restructuring practice, based in Manchester. David leverages over 30 years of experience in assisting clients with restructuring, M&A transactions, debt advisory, financial due diligence and formal insolvency cases.

David is a qualified Insolvency Practitioner and Chartered Accountant. He works with a diverse range of clients across corporates, financial institutions, PE, asset-based lenders and law firms.

Prior to joining Kroll, David was an Advisory Partner at Crowe UK, an audit, tax and risk consulting firm. Before that, David served as a CEO for a distressed PE engineering fund and as a Partner for a £20 million fund in a special situations distressed environment. He has also held positions at Bibby Financial Services, Grant Thornton UK and Ernst & Young.  

Notable assignments include: 

  • Raising £20 million in refinancing for an SME 
  • Advising on the sale of a property portfolio for £.6 billion
  • FDD on the acquisition of Thompson Contractors

David is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. David holds a Bachelor of Science (Social Sciences) in economics from Bristol University.



Restructuring

Financial and operational restructuring and enforcement of security, including investigation, preservation and realization of assets for investors, lenders and companies.