What we do
Transaction Services assists companies in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures/disposals, carve-outs, strategic alliances and access to local and global capital markets. These activities are among the most important-and most risk-laden-for businesses.
Using cross-functional teams, we connect our dedicated deal specialists to all the relevant expertise from across the firm, including tapping into the firm's industry sector knowledge.
In each case we have the same overriding objective: to help clients maximise the return and reduce risk on their deals during the strategic planning phase, the deal execution phase and the post-deal implementation phase.
How we add value
Our services span the entire deal spectrum from deal strategy evaluation to post-deal integration. We act as deal managers helping clients get deals done faster, with less disruption, managing risks and at a more attractive price.
Value is added to our client’s deal making process in the following ways:
- We assess the target business relative to the economic and operational objectives of our client and the assumptions underpinning the deal;
- We assess the basis of the transaction and provide our clients with analyses that support their negotiations. We cover areas affecting pricing, sustainability and synergies; We assess risk factors and provide guidance on the way the deal should be structured; and
- We provide assistance during the transition of ownership to help our clients realise the intended value of the transaction.
We make it easier for clients to do the right deals, avoid the wrong ones and stem value leakage.
Our capabilities and track record
Transaction Services professionals are 100% dedicated to deal work. Operating in more than 50 countries with more than 2,400 dedicated specialists, our clients include the world's leading companies and private equity houses.
We do more local and global deals than any other firm. In South Africa, we have provided advice on more than 700 deals over the last eight years.
Globally, we are the preferred service provider to a number of leading private equity institutions, venture capitalist and trade buyers. Our services are typically not in conflict with the attest function and we therefore provide services to our audit clients without impairing audit independence.
In South Africa we have consistently over the past three years achieved recognition by Dealmakers (South Africa’s corporate finance journal) as being the leading advisers in the categories - Accountants for Mergers & Acquisitions and General Corporate Finance activities.
Our services
Our services are focused on individual transaction needs and span the different stages of a deal. We assist clients on both the buying and the selling side of a transaction.
- Strategic deal planning;
- Deal execution;
- Harvesting value.
