Making acquisitions

Helping you focus on the key questions during the critical stages of planning and executing an acquisition.

Supporting you during the critical stages of planning and executing an acquisition.

To excel in an increasingly competitive landscape, you need the right portfolio of products or services in order to grow. Buying a business can help you quickly address gaps by diversifying your portfolio, expanding your geographic reach or increasing your operational efficiencies.

Our team will work with you to develop a mergers and acquisition (M&A) strategy to address these gaps. We’ll leverage our global network to find targets that align with your objectives and help you gain or maintain a competitive advantage.

We offer guidance through each step of the transaction process and provide actionable insights into terms and pricing, deal structures, debt and equity financing, accounting considerations and negotiations.

We can support you at each stage of the transaction - from analysing strategic options, identifying potential targets, to negotiating and securing optimal terms for a successful closure.

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UK mid-market private equity snapshot 2023

Mid-market* private equity investment activity in the UK declined by 10% in 2023, as challenging macroeconomic conditions presented few glimmers of hope for recovery, according to KPMG UK’s latest Mid-market Private Equity report.

The firm’s most recent M&A study has revealed that 675 mid-market transactions were completed during the year, representing a 10% drop when compared to the 735 transactions completed in 2022. Meanwhile, the UK Private Equity market overall witnessed a more significant decline, with the total volume of deals down by 20% from 1,802 in 2022 to 1,451 in 2023.