Evidence first. Remedies second.
The method is the same whether the mandate is a closing, a governance rebuild, or a recovery. It is slow where speed is dangerous and decisive where the record allows.
Establish the record
Before any position is taken, the facts are assembled into a record that a stranger could follow: documents, dates, authority, and the chain of consents that made each decision legitimate.
Test the authority
Every consequential act is checked against the authority that permits it — charter, contract, statute, or order. Where authority is missing, that is the finding, and it is stated plainly.
Structure the remedy
Only once the record and the authority are settled is a remedy structured — sequenced so that each step is defensible on its own and the whole survives review.
Close the file
The mandate ends with a file, not a memory: the evidence, the reasoning, and the record of what was done — prepared to answer the questions before they are asked.