Services

Advisory Corporate Finance – Consumer Business M&A

Unparalleled experience across the M&A lifecycle with a demonstrable track record of using leading industry and market knowledge to underpin transaction advice

Our Consumer Business team provides a full suite of M&A services including disposals, acquisitions, MBOs, carve-outs and strategic advice to a wide range of clients including corporates, private equity houses, families and entrepreneurs.

Our highly experienced professionals provide an invaluable perspective gained from many years of dedicated industry focus. Their industry insights and relationships provide a truly distinctive edge.

Consumer Business

Phil Lane leads our UK Advisory Corporate Finance Consumer Business team, and is supported by three directors each with specific focus around our key sub-sectors of experience; Food & Beverage; Retail & Consumer Goods; and Luxury Brands, Skincare and Beauty.

The team has a truly global focus, working alongside colleagues across our international network of 120 offices, including in particular Elio Milantoni who leads our EMEA Advisory Corporate Finance Consumer Business network, and Lorin DeMordaunt leading our US Consumer team.

Our team is also fully integrated with Deloitte’s broader Consumer Business practice, providing our clients access to the broadest range of expert advice to develop their businesses and create shareholder value across the transaction cycle. This includes strategic consulting, operational and financial diligence, as well as assistance with value creation and post transaction integration.

Examples of our work

The team works with some of the most exciting and influential businesses in the sector, with recent transactions including:

Retail & Consumer Goods

  • the joint venture between Pentland and Lacoste
  • the sale of Blackstone owned Ideal Shopping Direct Limited to Aurelius.
  • the sale of TOAST, a French Connection owned multi-channel apparel company on its disposal to Bestseller
  • the sale of Europe’s largest golf retailer American Golf to Endless LLP
  • the sale of Sunseeker, one of the world’s pre-eminent luxury yacht manufacturers, on its disposal to Dalian Wanda Group.
  • Project management support to Imperial Brands PLC on its acquisition of Next Generation Product development company Nerudia
  • The sale of a minority stake in Rush Hair to LDC
  • the sale of retailer Heron Food Group to B&M European Value Retail

Food & Beverage

  • the sale of LDC & management owned Ministry of Cake to Mademoiselle Desserts
  • the sale of Kluman and Balter to Brenntag
  • the acquisition of Bath Ales by St Austell Brewery
  • The sale of Oscar Mayer to Deutsche Beteiligungs

Thought leadership

In addition we have authored or co-authored a number of industry focussed thought pieces. Our recent thought leadership and research pieces include:

Key contacts

Phil Lane

Phil Lane

Partner

+44 (0)79 5738 3748

Phil leads our Consumer M&A team as well as heading Financial Advisory for Deloitte Private. He has 20 years’ experience of providing advice to corporates of all sizes and management teams on transact... More

Rinesh Dookhee

Rinesh Dookhee

Director

+44 (0)77 1758 7305

Rinesh advises on mergers and acquisitions for consumer facing businesses. He has particular focus on fashion brands, retail and consumer goods, advising boards, shareholders and industry leaders acro... More

Ruairí Ó Dochartaigh

Ruairí Ó Dochartaigh

Director

+44 (0)78 1842 8268

Ruairí is an M&A specialist and covers the Food & Beverage sector for Deloitte M&A. He has over 20 years of corporate finance experience, having advised numerous international and UK businesses on acq... More