Private Equity & M&A

Helping you seize winning investment opportunities

We are a leading boutique strategic advisor to the Private Equity industry, with decades of experience delivering value from deal origination through to exit for top investors across the globe. Our core offerings include potential investment scoping, vendor & buyer due diligence, value creation planning and post-acquisition strategy.

Sector expertise is at the heart of what we do. Our dedicated teams bring specialist insight across B2B Services, Consumer Goods, Retail, Leisure & Travel, Technology & Telecoms and Media. We are deeply embedded in our markets and have a nuanced understanding of the deal attributes and value-creation levers that drive returns for our clients.

Our track record speaks for itself. We’re trusted by leading global investment firms and have advised on transactions ranging from mid-cap platform investments to IPOs and public-to-private deals exceeding $1bn in enterprise value.

Investment themes and acquisition scans

In simple terms, we help investors answer the question ‘What would be a great investment?’. By leveraging our deep sector and transaction experience, we develop and test compelling investment thesis and identify which targets are best positioned to drive value creation or benefit from key trends.

We work with clients to prospect across sectors where we have encyclopaedic knowledge, help to develop an investment case and assess target attractiveness and outside-in synergy evaluation.
Buy-Side Commercial Due Diligence

We’ve exceptionally deep experience in assessing a business’s commercial performance and future potential. Our diligence teams comprise the very best sector specialists. By drawing on experts from our corporate industry sectors we’re able to harness deep topic expertise and enrich the due dil process.

We develop a comprehensive and fact-based outside-in perspective, using both primary and secondary research, including industry expert and customer interviews. We’ve also developed proprietary analytical methods and tools to mine large datasets for unique commercial insights in the rapid timelines required for due diligence.

Where possible, we work with target management and other advisors to build a detailed view of the target’s performance and opportunities for driving future profits.
Synergy Evaluations

We have extensive experience in synergy evaluation on target assets – whether major M&A or smaller bolt-on acquisitions. We’ve undertaken numerous “black-box” synergy exercises as well as detailed work in upsides from revenue and cost-optimisation potential from acquired asset.
Value Creation Plan

Investors need returns, and the early days of ownership are crucial for successfully implementing plans for driving growth, profit and value.

We work with investors and management teams, helping to identify, prioritise and action performance improvement opportunities.

We also assist corporates with the post-merger integration of targets into existing assets.

Furthermore, we support our clients with acceleration or turnaround strategies, provide support for re-capitalisations, and drive performance in business mid-ownership.
Exit Planning & Sell-Side Due Diligence

Last but not least, we help with the exit strategy – preparing a business for sale through developing and testing a growth plan and rehearsing the narrative. We consider the likely buyer profile, optimal timing, testing of crucial future growth drivers and anticipating the concerns and interest areas of prospective buyers.

We also assist vendors with developing sell-side commercial due diligence (CVDD) to support vendors in realising their assets’ maximum potential value.