We advise and execute in complex situations of financial consequence, legal exposure and reputational sensitivity.
What We Handle
- Rapid stabilization of breakdowns in leadership, governance, or control.
- Navigating the operational requirements of regulatory or legal exposure where execution and timing determine outcome.
- Cross-border growth, expansion, or complexity exceeding existing capacity.
- Situations where operational execution marries legal, compliance, or regulatory strategy.
- Complex disputes requiring business review and translation, financial analysis, and operational fact development (available for retention by counsel under appropriate Kovel engagements).
- Reputational matters where narrative, operational credibility, and legal strategy must align.
- Financial review and operational risk assessment supported by CFE and CAMS certified professional expertise.
- Distressed or underperforming operations requiring stabilization and value creation.
- Labor, regulatory, or structural issues with direct business continuity impact.
- Matters requiring direct accountability for results under compressed timelines.
How We Work
Decision-making.
Authority and escalation paths are clearly defined at the outset. We do not operate by committee.
Information flow.
Visibility, access, and information flow are intentionally controlled. Work is conducted within a small, closed group using security and access protocols appropriate to the matter.
Execute and exit.
Engagements conclude once the objective is achieved.
Navigating Complexity
Over three decades, the firm's leadership has been an operator and advisor within centralized, performance-driven organizations across the United States and Europe, navigating leadership transitions, stakeholder conflict, operational restructuring, and cross-border operational complexity.
Representative Work
Representative engagements have included operational stabilization, reputational recovery, leadership transition support, labor and regulatory matters, complex dispute support, and cross-border operational restructuring.
The following represents work in the public domain:
Port Operations Crisis & Turnaround
Engaged by c-suite to resolve a critical operational and labor crisis at a Fortune 50 European automotive group's primary U.S. Mid-Atlantic gateway, 157Global's leadership stood up and operated an independent port processing company from ground zero—restructuring the local Teamsters labor rider to establish management authority, directly employing and overseeing a 300-person union workforce, implementing all quality and compliance systems, and assuming full P&L responsibility with capital authority.
The operation delivered the group's highest-rated quality performance in North America, zero compliance failures, and annual cost reductions in excess of eight figures—while restoring supply-chain functionality, stabilizing labor relations, and protecting enterprise reputation over eight years of continuous operation.
Experience
157Global is led by Skip Glass, whose more than three decades of experience across North America and Europe spans principal, advisory, and operational roles from standing up organizations to Euro 50 conglomerates.
Contact
Engagements are conducted with discretion.
By introduction preferred.