Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

Our Corporate Finance team is the largest in the country, with a proven track record across a diverse range of sectors. We offer a seamless delivery across transaction services, tax and other professional services, and our well known brand offers additional credibility to our clients in the eyes of prospective counter-parties.

Our links to the global network of PwC firms provides relationships with key global market participants, and our closer relationship with Australian colleagues ensures a comprehensive understanding of the Australasian marketplace.

PwC's  pool of dedicated M&A professionals offer a full range of transaction advisory services including:

• Divestments
  Sell side lead advisory services with a particular focus on privately-owned businesses and non-core operations
• Acquisitions
  Buy side lead advisory services, advising both private equity funds and corporates
• Private Equity
  We foster strong relationships with key Australian private equity firms, and specialise in matching the private equity firm to the right investment opportunity, and assisting with subsequent exits
• Capital Raisings
  We offer advice on capital raisings principally via bank debt, mezzanine debt, high net worth individuals and private equity
• Strategic Relationships
  Formation of strategic relationships, including joint ventures and mergers.

External recognition of our performance

In the Thomson League Tables (which report Financial Advisor activity on M&A transactions globally) PwC's Corporate Finance's team has consistently ranked highly:

• Ranked first in New Zealand by a “number of deals completed” in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
• Ranked second in Australia by “number of deals completed” in 2005 and 2006, third in 2007 and fifth in 2008

Our team was also a finalist in the 2009 Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand (INFINZ) awards: M&A House of the Year category.