Richters Corporate Advisory & Forensics

Strategic Insight. Forensic Precision. Corporate Clarity.

Multidisciplinary restructuring and recovery specialists focused on delivery.

RCAF is the safe passage to success in Africa.

Navigating business in Africa can be complex and challenging. RCAF was established by Richters Attorneys—a specialist corporate and insolvency law firm—to extend its cross-border practice into a multidisciplinary, full-service offering across the continent.

What this means in practice

Measured Action

Structured analysis grounded in financial modelling, risk mitigation, law, and commercial reality—so decisions are defensible and executable.

Discretion & Integrity

Strict confidentiality, secure communication, a proven track record, and trusted partners worldwide.

Strategic Execution

Expedited resolution through coordinated action, capital procurement, and stakeholder alignment.

Core advisory and execution capabilities

Corporate Restructuring & Turnarounds

Restructuring blueprints grounded in creditor expectations, statutory duties, and executable cash controls.

Insolvency & Distressed Assets

Hands-on stabilisation that aligns operations, reporting, and governance to urgent turnaround milestones.

Corporate Forensics & Investigations

Support for capital-intensive projects and growth initiatives where funding, delivery risk, and stakeholder trust intersect.

Strategic & Transaction Advisory

Evidence-led reviews that isolate misconduct, protect value, and prepare matters for scrutiny across jurisdictions.

Capital Advisory & Recovery

Coordinated execution with trusted correspondents to align enforcement, information rights, and filings across borders.

Tax Advisory & Structuring

Strategic tax analysis and efficient capital structuring aligned with restructuring objectives and stakeholder interests.

Expert-led. Outcome-driven.

Direct access to senior practitioners with cross-border execution experience.

Bernhard Kloeck

Founder & Principal

Forensic accountant and restructuring advisor. 25+ years across Southern Africa, Australia, and UK. Specialist in evidence preservation, asset tracing, and creditor negotiations.

Ewan Rycroft

Principal Advisor

Strategic restructuring specialist. 20+ years advising lenders, boards, and insolvency practitioners across complex multi-stakeholder recoveries in Africa and Europe.

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Cross-border execution, without loss of control

We act as a single point of accountability—coordinating counsel, advisors, capital, and stakeholders across jurisdictions with controlled information flows.

Africa coverage

Local insight and execution capacity through established relationships across the continent.

Global correspondents

Trusted partners in major financial centres to support transactions, investigations, recovery, and capital procurement.

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Insights & analysis

Brief, practical perspectives on restructuring, forensics, and cross-border execution.

Cross-Border & Africa

Building the landing strip for Africa-bound capital

Practical steps for international creditors to coordinate restructurings with local enforcement realities in mind.

02 May 2024

Restructuring & Distress

Stakeholder mapping for distressed boards

Clarifying who must be informed, consulted, and empowered when liquidity risk accelerates.

22 Mar 2024

Forensics & Investigations

Forensic ledger triage

Rapid framework for evaluating ledger irregularities and prioritising follow-up actions.

12 May 2024

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