Corporate Finance

Trusted advisor for mid-market deals that create value

Buying or selling businesses, raising capital and driving funding efficiencies are complex decisions facing our clients. Our team of experienced, execution focused investment bankers work with your team throughout the deal lifecycle to create, preserve, and realise results that make an impact.

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Do you need to raise finance to reinvest into your growth strategies? Or maybe improve productivity by selling off a non-performing asset or product?

We can help. Leverage from our:

  • years of experience to guide you through the process and identify where value can be captured

  • industry-specific teams that know the key triggers to maximise your opportunity

  • international network that helps you find the right buyer or investor

  • access to specialists with deep knowledge of regulations governing publicly listed companies
  • debt and capital restructuring know-how

Looking for your next investment? Or potentially expanding into a new market through an acquisition?

We can help. Leverage from our:

  • years of experience to guide you through the process and identify where value can be captured in the target and compliment your portfolio

  • industry-specific teams that know the key triggers to maximise your opportunity

  • international network that helps you find the right target / investment  

  • access to specialists with deep knowledge of regulations governing publicly listed companies
  • debt and capital restructuring know how

Are you a member of a management team of a business undergoing a buyout or transaction?

We can help with:

  • independent advice throughout the transaction, helping to safeguard your financial interests

  • modelling of your investment returns under the proposed deal structure

  • benchmarking of the commercial and financial elements of the deal terms proposed by the buyer of the business

  • negotiation of the nature and structure of the commercial and financial deal terms

We can advise you on:

  • Fundraising
  • Marketing strategy
  • Project management
  • Materials preparation
  • Fund positioning
  • Fund terms
  • Secondary transactions

Leverage from our global network with local knowledge and relations to:

  • Create large international investment ideas

  • Create multiple touch points with listed and unlisted corporates

  • Develop a market entry strategy for a new geography

Our Global team

  • Our local team draws upon the PwC Global Network of more than 2,900 professionals across 60 countries 
  • Our global network provides immediate and effective connectivity for buyers and sellers
  • Every year more than 70% of our M&A assignment involve an international investor
  • We are a trusted global brand with deep global connectivity

 

Dedicated M&A Industry Practises

Business Services

Our Corporate Finance team has deep expertise across the Business Services industry, with extensive experience working with businesses using technology to deliver innovative services.

The deals and projects that we work on are wide-ranging, covering a host of different sub sectors, including:

  • Professional Advisory
  • Human Capital Management
  • Transport, Distribution and Logistics
  • Facilities Management
  • Business Process Outsourcing

Consumer Markets

The Consumer Markets team has leading expertise across Corporate Finance, M&A and lead advisory throughout the consumer, leisure and retail sectors.

The types of deals and projects that we work on cover a wide range of sub sectors, including:

  • Consumer Products
  • Food & Beverage
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Pubs & Restaurants
  • Health & Wellness
  • Retail & Brands
  • Entertainment

Energy, Utilities and Resources

Our Corporate Finance team has deep expertise across the Energy and Utilities value chain, covering a wide range of sub sectors, including:

  • Renewable Energy
  • Regulated Utilities and Networks
  • Environmental Services and Energy from waste
  • Thermal and Nuclear generation
  • Energy Retail and Smart Metering
  • Electric Vehicles and Clean Energy Fuels
  • Oil and Gas, and Midstream Infrastructure

Financial Services / Insurance

Our Corporate Finance team has deep expertise and knowledge across the Financial Services industry.

The deals and projects that we work on are wide-ranging, covering a host of different sub sectors, including:

  • Asset Servicing
  • Asset and Wealth Management
  • Banking and Alternative Lending
  • Fintech
  • Insurance

Healthcare

Our Corporate Finance Healthcare team has deep expertise and experience across the Healthcare market. The deals and projects that we advise on are wide-ranging, covering a range of stakeholders, including financial and strategic investors, private providers and the NHS, across a host of different sub-sectors, including:

  • Acute
  • Children’s services
  • Elderly care
  • Nurseries
  • Diagnostics
  • Pharma
  • Pharma services
  • Specialist care
  • Dental
  • Mental health
  • Specialist clinics
  • Community health services
  • Commissioning

Industrial Products

Our Corporate Finance team has significant experience and understanding of the Industrials sector. We are advisors to businesses in the following sub-sectors:

  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Automotive
  • Engineering & Construction
  • Energy & Power
  • Oil & Gas
  • Chemical & Materials
  • Advanced Manufacturing 
  • Manufacturing
  • Electronics

Infrastructure

Our Corporate Finance team is experienced at delivering commercial and financial advice across the social infrastructure market. This includes advising clients on transactions in the following sectors:

  • Higher and Further Education
  • Schools
  • Social Housing and Regeneration
  • Hospitals
  • Stadia and Major Events
  • Custodial and Justice services
  • Leisure Facilities
  • Defence

Real Estate

The deals and projects that we work on span across the traditional and non-traditional Real Estate sectors, including but not exclusively:

  • All forms of Residential (Student housing, Co-living, Multi-family, Modular housing
  • Retirement housing, PRS to name a few)
  • Offices and flexible working
  • Industrial and Logistics
  • Retail
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Hospitality and Leisure
  • Student Accommodation
  • Real Estate Investment and Asset Managers
  • Real Estate Operating businesses
  • Housebuilders
  • Local authorities
  • Alternatives
  • REITs (Public and Private)
  • Facilities Management from an Occupiers perspective 
  • In general property rich Operating companies

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Our Corporate Finance team has deep expertise and knowledge across the Technology, Media and Telecoms industry.

The deals and projects that we work on are wide-ranging, covering a host of different sub sectors, including:

  • Software
  • IT services
  • Digital Media
  • Fintech

Transport and Logistics

Our Corporate Finance team has deep expertise and knowledge across the Transport industry.

The deals and projects that we work on are wide-ranging, covering a host of different sub sectors, including:

  • Smart ticketing
  • Digital technologies for transport
  • Electric vehicles and supporting infrastructure
  • Rail
  • Roads
  • Aviation
  • Light rail
  • Bus

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David Brown

David Brown

Asia Pacific Deals Leader, Global Corporate Finance Leader, Partner, PwC Hong Kong

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Malcolm Lloyd

Malcolm Lloyd

Global, EMEA and Spain Deals Leader, Partner, PwC Spain

David Brown

David Brown

Asia Pacific Deals Leader, Global Corporate Finance Leader, Partner, PwC Hong Kong

Lucy Stapleton

Lucy Stapleton

UK Deals Leader, Partner, PwC United Kingdom

Colin  Wittmer

Colin Wittmer

US Deals Leader, Partner, PwC United States

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