About Us
Oxford Restructuring Advisors: Experts in business distress management
Say the word bankruptcy and the room goes quiet. People picture chaos, failure, the end of the line. But that’s not the story. Bankruptcy and the alternatives are built to restore order, protect stakeholders, and give companies a fair shot at resolution.
What Sets Us Apart
- National practice, Midwest base. We serve clients across the U.S., with deep roots in the Midwest.
- 25+ years of high-caliber experience. Expertise shaped at leading global restructuring and consulting firms.
- Lean, efficient model. Senior-led teams without unnecessary overhead or inflated fees.
- Nimble and responsive. The ability to move quickly and adapt in fast-changing environments.
- Collaboration with counsel. We complement legal strategy with financial and operational expertise, never duplicating effort.
Representative Matters
Our Professionals
John Pidcock
Managing Director & Founder
John Pidcock has over twenty years of experience in the restructuring industry and has provided a full range of crisis management services to under-performing companies and their constituencies, including: interim management and debtor advisory; bankruptcy preparation and management; post-merger integration; debt restructuring and refinancing and post-confirmation creditor advisory. He has particularly deep expertise in performing post-confirmation debtor work and creditor committee representation.
Currently John is Trustee in AcuSport (SD of Ohio), Empire Die Cast (ND of Ohio) and Recovery Limited Partners (Franklin County Ohio). In addition, he is serving as Chief Restructuring Officer (“CRO”) for a $250 million revenue drug wholesaler managing its wind down and litigation process.
Prior to founding Oxford Restructuring Advisors, he was a Managing Director at Conway MacKenzie for 10 years. Before Conway, he was at Bridge Associates LLC for seven years and a manager at Deloitte Consulting for three years.
Recent work
Recently, he was CRO to a $75 million revenue consumer products manufacturer and managed its refinance process and balance sheet restructuring. Additional recent engagements include advisory work to companies in automotive (privately held green energy supplier), building products (middle market concrete provider), protein (pork provider) and metals industries (die cast company), among others.
$50 million Consumer Products Company – Financial Advisor and Chief Restructuring Officer
$75 million Consumer Products Manufacturer – Financial Advisor and Chief Restructuring Officer
Nationally Recognized Restaurant Group – Financial Advisor
US Concrete – Financial Advisor to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
Empire Die Cast Company – Post-confirmation Trustee
Arch Aluminum & Glass Company – Post-confirmation Trustee
Infotelecom Company – Post-confirmation Trustee
Andy Simon is an experienced restructuring advisor who has been consulting troubled companies and their stakeholders for nearly 20 years. He has practiced both as an attorney and as a certified public accountant in bankruptcy cases and other insolvency proceedings for debtors and creditors. Andy has particular experience representing buyers and sellers of distressed assets as well as troubled companies, lenders, indenture trustees and creditor groups in both Section 363 transactions and out-of-court asset sales.
Prior Before joining Oxford, Andy was a practicing attorney at Squire Patton Boggs and Calfee, Halter & Griswold for 12 years. Before his law career, he was an advisor at a boutique investment bank focused on troubled companies and their creditor groups, primarily in complex chapter 11 bankruptcy cases. He has also practiced as a certified public accountant and worked in the transactions advisory services group of a Big 4 accounting firm, advising on cash flow M&A due diligence and cash flow analyses.
Recent work
Andy recently represented a secured lender group in the successful appointment of a receiver for the repayment of a healthcare group’s $75 million loan.
$2 billion+ Oil and Gas Producer – Advisor to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
$100 million Nursing Home Management Company – Advisor to the Senior Secured Lender Group
Flat Out Crazy LLC (Flat Top Grill & Stir Crazy restaurant group) – Chapter 11 Advisor to the Debtors in Possession
Andrew M. Simon
Managing Director
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