Deal Advisory

KPMG’s Capital Markets Advisory Services support clients in preparing for and executing capital market transactions, including initial public offerings, listings, capital raising, and other equity market initiatives.

Our team works with shareholders, management teams, family businesses, private companies, and government-related entities to assess capital market options, evaluate IPO readiness, and support the preparation required to access public markets. This includes advisory support on IPO feasibility, listing strategy, capital structure considerations, equity story development, financial and operational readiness, investor expectations and transaction planning.

By combining capital markets experience, transaction insight, and sector knowledge, KPMG helps clients navigate the complexity of public market transactions and make informed decisions throughout the process. Our approach supports clients from early-stage readiness assessments and pre-IPO planning through to transaction execution, helping ensure that businesses are appropriately prepared for the demands, opportunities, and responsibilities of operating as a public company.

KPMG’s Strategy Services help clients define clear strategic priorities, assess growth opportunities, and develop practical plans to support informed decision-making and long-term value creation.

Our team works with clients to evaluate markets, customers, competitors, business models and financial performance to identify opportunities for growth, transformation, and improved business performance. We support clients across a range of strategic needs, including market entry, growth strategy, feasibility studies, business plans, commercial due diligence and strategic decision support.

By combining rigorous analysis, sector knowledge, and practical implementation considerations, KPMG helps clients develop strategies and business plans that are evidence-based, commercially sound, and aligned with their objectives. Our approach focuses on translating insights into actionable recommendations, enabling clients to make confident decisions, unlock value, and navigate changing market conditions.

We support clients across the deal lifecycle through detailed financial analysis and practical insights. Services include pre deal evaluation, financial due diligence, vendor due diligence, IT and digital due diligence and operational due diligence, each designed to identify risks, validate assumptions, and highlight opportunities. 

The team examines earnings quality, cash flow sustainability, and working capital trends to provide a clear view of financial performance. This enables clients to make informed decisions, negotiate effectively, and structure transactions with confidence. The approach ensures that both buyers and sellers are equipped with reliable information to achieve successful outcomes.

Our Mergers and Acquisitions services guide clients through the identification, evaluation, and execution of strategic transactions. 

An in-depth understanding of various sectors enables us to narrow down relevant buyer and seller groups to identify the right buyer and seller groups, reach the appropriate contacts and make informed assessments of current market dynamics. At the same time, our knowledge of KPIs and value drivers lays the foundation for realistic valuations, tailored positioning and a successful transaction process.

KPMG supports the full process, from defining objectives and identifying targets, strategic partner search, to conducting analysis and managing execution. The team assesses financial and operational factors to identify risks and value opportunities, while also supporting negotiations and deal structuring.

The KPMG team helps your business realise its full potential by driving revenue growth, improving margins, reducing costs, and optimising your business operating model.  We focus on unlocking value at every stage, helping you strengthen portfolios, accelerate transformation, and deliver improved shareholder returns.

In addition, M&A Deals can be catalyst for wider value creation. As a seller, being able to articulate value creation opportunities pre-deal can help capture some of that upside in the sale price. As a buyer, being able to identify and quantify value creation levers could make a difference between a successful or failed bid.

At its core, value creation is the increase in enterprise value (EV) that results from transforming business operations and strategies to increase potential and improve financial performance. 

KPMG professionals are dedicated to helping their clients navigate the value journey, leveraging their experience to identify value levers that can transform business models, enhance financial performance and, ultimately, increase enterprise value.

Our Restructuring and Turnaround Services focus on helping organizations address financial challenges and restore stability. KPMG works with management and stakeholders to assess financial health, identify underperformance, and develop practical recovery plans. This includes debt restructuring, cost optimization, and operational improvements. The team also supports engagement with lenders and investors to secure sustainable financing arrangements. By strengthening financial performance and resilience, organizations are better positioned to stabilize operations and pursue long term growth.

We provide structured modelling services that support planning and decision making across complex business scenarios. KPMG develops and reviews financial models that capture key drivers and evaluate outcomes under different assumptions, including investments, budgeting, and cost management. Models are designed to be clear, reliable, and aligned with best practices, enabling stakeholders to understand inputs and results. Independent model reviews further strengthen accuracy and consistency, helping organizations assess risks and improve financial performance.

Infrastructure challenges demand complex solutions. Our market-leading infrastructure advisory professionals will help you manage and optimize your physical assets, from initial strategy, planning, and business case development to transaction services, funding, and financing, through to construction and operations management and optimization, our team is here to support you across all stages of an asset’s lifecycle.

Our team works with government entities, investors, lenders, and project sponsors to assess project opportunities, evaluate funding options, structure transactions, and support the procurement and financing of infrastructure assets. This includes advisory support for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects, project finance, procurement and feasibility studies.

By combining infrastructure sector insight, KPMG helps clients navigate complex funding environments and make informed decisions across the project lifecycle. Our approach supports clients in identifying appropriate financing solutions, assessing bankability, engaging with capital providers, and developing commercially sound structures that support value for money, long-term sustainability, and successful project delivery.

KPMG can help you to consider all of your funding options across the complete capital structure – including debt, equity and everything in between (such as subordinated debt, hybrids, convertible notes etc). If you have existing debt facilities in place, and seeking to refinance or reconsider your options, or if you are raising new debt (for acquisitions, capital expenditure, growth, greenfield or brownfield development opportunities), we should be your partner of choice.

Our services include capital structure planning, debt raising and refinancing, acquisition and growth funding, restructuring and negotiation, funding options and alternatives, among others.

KPMG supports the industry with customized solutions that span the entire PE lifecycle. from fundraising and initial acquisition to final exit. We go to market with a multi-disciplinary approach coupled with deep sector-specific expertise. 

Through our data-driven methodology, we move beyond basic deal support to deliver value-focused results and comprehensive transformation. By providing solutions such as integrated diligence, portfolio company transformation, among others, our approach focuses on unlocking operational alpha, ensuring that every transaction is a catalyst for long-term value creation.