Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
M&A has the power to create leaders, transform businesses and disrupt industries. But transformative M&A takes vision, intelligence and commitment to make an impact. We challenge dealmakers to expect more. We see beyond the deal to create sustainable value for shareholders, employees and society.
What we do
Transformative deals start with a bold vision and growth ambition. We help organisations shape their vision and to make it a reality through strategic separations, divestitures, mergers and acquisitions. We create sustainable value at every stage of the deal and go further to access enhanced synergies, drawing on our strength in functional transformation.
How our M&A teams create value for organisations beyond the deal
Featured M&A insights
From recent UK M&A trends to practical tips from industry dealmakers, you can find the latest insights to help inform your organisation’s M&A strategy.
Vision to Impact M&A
Our Vision to Impact M&A approach is designed to help your organisation realise its purpose and growth ambitions.
M&A focus areas
Our Transaction Services team supports clients across the deal life cycle, from optimising pre-deal planning and preparation, to advising on all aspects of mergers, acquisitions, alliances, separations and divestitures.
Our Performance Improvement team supports corporates and private equity in areas such as cash, liquidity, financing, and debt and treasury support.
Our M&A Tax specialists support companies across the M&A lifecycle – from due diligence to transaction tax structuring and post-merger integration and tax compliance.
Our legal team leverage technology to drive consistency and scale, while meeting your legal needs, across the M&A lifecycle.
We help People leaders navigate M&A – from HR due diligence, through to organisation redesign, and HR function transformation.
- Webinar recording: Navigating employee transfers and consultations: Legal insights and practical trips to manage risk for successful M&A
- Webinar recording: An HR perspective on the people implications of M&A Strategy
- Blog: Playing for keeps - Employee retention in M&A – how to get it right
- Blog: Separation anxiety – Organisation design in separations and how to get it right
- Blog: Beware the rabbit hole – How to get HR Due Diligence right
Our cyber practice has managed risk on the most complex and technical transactions across industries. We are experts in this field, focusing on transaction success, and empowering our clients to progress securely. We use our industry experience to highlight key issues and navigate blockers in valuations, deal structure, execution efforts, and integration or separation planning. Throughout the diligence process, we can assess the deal, risk surface and provide solutions to risks, and identify and quantify potential advantages.
Whether you are integrating or separating an entity, we can develop a plan to deliver on the anticipated business interactions, securely. This includes running workshops to fully realise transitional risks, and plan accordingly.
More from M&A
M&A Transformers
Episode 1: Insights from Essentra plc’s strategic separation and refocus.
M&A Market Outlook
The latest global and UK M&A trends across different industries.
Contacts
Gurm Dhillon
UK Leader M&A