Transaction advisory

Delivering strategies to drive value and reduce risk

Our holistic approach to transaction advisory services addresses the financial, operational, tax, IT commercial, strategic, human capital, and cultural issues that are part of a deal. With a shared purpose of optimizing transactional value, Grant Thornton’s M&A professionals work with you throughout the life cycle of the transaction to overcome challenges and execute a successful closing. Our integrated transaction plan provides the insights necessary to minimize risks, manage buy-side and sell-side due diligence and enable you to focus on the future.

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M&A professionals predict a jump in deal volume

Transaction activity is set to rise with the help of alternative financing, according to Grant Thornton’s survey of M&A professionals.

How can we help you?

Our advisory teams tackle challenges alongside you, designing fresh solutions with a balance of scale, skill and service you’ll only find here.

Buy-side and sell-side financial diligence

We help high-growth companies navigate complex transactions — whether buying or selling, restructuring, or providing capital solutions — always with speed... Show more and agility. From deal strategy and valuation to evaluating the financial and operational issues affecting performance and identifying strategic alternatives, we help solve problems, manage risk and seize opportunities to unlock growth.

Enterprise diligence

Assisting clients through every aspect of a deal, our team of professionals has expertise in operational, IT, cyber, supply chain, commercial, human capital and... Show more cultural diligence and can provide a buyer with a validation of the financial assumptions, potential synergies, and areas of concern and an objective evaluation of the seller’s model in all these aspects.

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We help you prepare for Day 1 and beyond. Our team helps keep clients from overpaying and overestimating cost synergies. We identify the risks, validate the value drivers... Show more and recommend integration considerations during diligence to make sure you’re ready to move toward long-term performance.

Tax diligence and modeling

During the due diligence phase of your deal we partner with you to identify tax risks and valuation issues that could affect valuation and expected cash flow, ... Show moreincluding exposure quantification, tax attribute identification, tax modeling input and planning for integration

Transaction structuring and consulting

We work with you to develop and implement transaction structures. While understanding the related tax effects of those structures, we gather and assess various data... Show more inputs and assumptions, including purchase price, enterprise value, tax basis of assets, LLC interests, assumed liabilities, transaction costs and working capital adjustments.

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Elliot Findlay

National Managing Principal, Transaction Advisory

+1 312 602 8447

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