Transaction Services

M&A acquisition and M&A divesture services help clients achieve their mergers and acquisitions objectives on all types of transactions, whether public, private, cross border, or domestic in nature. They typically involve identifying, analyzing and, where appropriate, managing transactions to help our clients maximize the benefits derived from any contemplated deal. This can include options analysis and fund-raising, competitive market landscape research, marketing, project management, negotiation and deal execution.

M&A specialists also assist buy-side clients with takeover offers for their companies and parts of companies, and general advisory services and regulatory advice; and assist sell-side clients with quotations of their companies and public companies with takeover offers, bid defenses, sale of subsidiaries and general advisory services for listed companies.

Gap analysis between CAS and IFRS and assess impact of different accounting GAAP on the acquirer’s company’s financial statements.  Advise on IFRS conversion and provide IFRS training.

Review, identify, and assess non-compliance and historical tax exposures of the business. Our highly experienced M&A tax team can also help our clients take advantage of transaction opportunities, creating tax efficiencies including advising on tax efficient investment structures, M&A, and corporate restructuring.

Analysis of target’s market environment, competitive positioning, and impact on the target’s business plan. Evaluate market attractiveness, risks, growth potential, and sense check business assumptions.

Identify compliance gaps in the vendor’s business with a keen focus on developing solutions and recommendations to address the same via various mechanisms, such as

restructuring to minimize historical liabilities, price adjustment or completion accounts, clearly thought out and on-point conditions precedents or conditions subsequent to remedy identified issues or putting in place other contractual arrangements to shift risk.

Analyze historical, current operating performance, and processes; evaluate potential capital expenditure requirements. Identify operating bottlenecks and potential synergies.