Transaction Services

A value driven approach

• Deloitte has over 3,000 M&A specialists globally who provide a full spectrum of services across the deal lifecycle, from development of a workable M&A strategy through to complete integration or preparation for exit.
• Our team is drawn from dedicated industry professionals and functional experts. We are committed to helping our clients do the right deal and increase the chances of capturing strategic value.

Acquisition due diligence

The team provides specialised due diligence and related mergers and acquisitions (M&A) services for national and multinational corporate and equity clients. We co-ordinate and work with experts from other fields to ensure a client's diligence requirements are fulfilled.

We provide clients with commercially focused support from deal screening and origination to comprehensive due diligence. We offer integrated teams which bring together specialists in commercial, operational and IT due diligence to deliver the high-quality analysis required to support the decision to buy or lend.

Vendor Assist

Management teams looking to divest will want to optimise the outcome of this decision but manage the potential time consuming preparation for sale. We will work with you to compliment your existing skills and resource and help you address the challenges prior to and during the disposal process. Our dedicated transaction services professionals provide an integrated offering utilising our deep and broad sell side experience to help you establish an efficient way to identify and resolve the issues you will face during the divestment process. 

Vendor due diligence

Vendor initiated due diligence maximises value, minimises disruption and reduces the risk of unpleasant surprises late in the disposal process. Our team works alongside management to identify key areas of separation activity as well as areas of vulnerability that will affect value coupled with solutions to address them. The team provides bidders with a high quality, independent and focused due diligence report on the business. This ensures all bidders have the information necessary for them to bid with confidence thereby maximising the value achieved from the disposal.

Read our recent thought leadership on the benefits of vendor due diligence here.

Capital markets: Flotations & IPO services

We offer comprehensive reporting services to meet the requirements of companies and sponsors as part of the preparation for listing, whether in a flotation on the main market of the Dublin or London stock exchanges or in the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).

Considering and ultimately deciding to make the leap to a public company requires significant effort from many parts of a business. Our dedicated team can support you at every step of the journey both before and beyond the IPO – choosing the appropriate market, preparing your business, executing the public offering and ultimately, establishing yourself as a public company.

Sale & purchase agreement advice

We advise our audit and due diligence clients on the implications of the transaction contracts they are negotiating. This includes purchase price adjustment mechanisms and the structure of completion accounts principles included in share purchase agreements. Drawing on our substantial experience in transaction disputes, and working closely with a client’s legal advisers, we can help develop contractual solutions to accounting or commercial issues identified by the core Deloitte team. This unique service gives our clients a significant advantage in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process - and could alter the fundamental economics of your transaction.

Working capital management

We have a proven track record in helping businesses achieve rapid improvements in cash and working capital management by enhancing procedures and controls, often employing the expertise of our tax, property and industry specialists. Common indicators of a need to review cash and working capital management can include high levels of working capital investment relative to turnover, deteriorating working capital metrics, and an inability to manage seasonal fluctuations. Our team helps clients unlock cash, reduce funding requirements, improve cash flow visibility, negotiate with key creditors, improve asset utilisation and smooth relationships between management, lenders and other stakeholders.