Equity Development Systems, Ltd., Investment Recovery Systems® unit (Recovery Group) handles the consolidation and disposition of collateral assets, both real and movable, through corporate divestiture and restructuring transactions, and replevin and special-asset situations for lenders, lessors, attorneys, courts, and government agencies throughout the world. We specialize in handling the liquidation of large industrial facilities, manufacturing and distribution, and in the disposition of contentious non-current and asset—investment recovery, replevin, and environmentally sensitive special-asset situations.
PICASSO OR VELVET-ELVIS…
Today’s business climate dictates that investment—asset recovery and especially replevin related activities must be practiced by experienced professionals who possess a keen appreciation of the lender liability exposures, environmental risks, and legal issues surrounding recovery activities.
It is often said that ‘liquidation-is-an-art’ and that ‘art-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder’. Picasso or Velvet-Elvis. While both are appreciated by their respective audience as ‘art’—in appreciation and value—they are worlds apart. To appreciate EDS is to appreciate the difference. We are not dot-com auctioneers, nor used equipment jockeys. While these paint-by-numbers middlemen may have their time and place in certain limited circumstances, we regard their methods as often dangerous and their business practices often counter to the client’s best interests. Investment Recovery Systems® provides the professional alternative.
EDS’s methods are commensurate with the client’s best interests. Our philosophy stipulates that, with few exceptions, anything that goes to auction(eers) is regarded as a loss for the client. Our fee structures are incentive-based and promote results that often exceed the client’s established goals. This insures the highest and best values for our clients in the conversion of their assets to cash and relieves them of the frustrations, limitations, and risks so often associated with questionable middlemen.
Our comprehensive services include: 24/7/365 Keepers, dismantling, shipping, storing, maintenance, repair, and remarketing, with particular emphasis on handling marine-related machinery and equipment—land-based and floating-assets e.g. inland vessels, workboats, barges, cranes, drilling equipment, marine equipment and cargoes along the Greater Gulf Coast of the United States at our flagship Recovery Center, the Port of Slidell. Our technicians are specifically trained in machinery and equipment removal and our practiced methods and procedures serve to protect and enhance the value of our client’s assets unlike equipment maulers so often associated with recovery activities.
EDS’s global remarketing efforts are handled by our polished market makers. Our remarketers are skilled in building markets and in seeking out and identifying end-users not middlemen nor dealers. These efforts translate into significantly greater returns for our clients. Remarketing can be accomplished either on-site or from one of our strategically located Investment Recovery Centers of America® venues.
EDS is distinguished by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for its award-winning environmentally sensitive special asset work and its knowledge and understanding of the complex environmental related lender liability and legal issues surrounding the asset recovery / investment recovery—replevin process. EDS is recognized by the USEPA as the only company of its kind allowed to conduct investment recovery for lenders on Superfund Sites. Additionally, EDS is pleased to provide Keeper services to the United States Marshal Service.
The choice is yours: Picasso… or Velvet-Elvis?
