Acquisitions

Generating value throughout the deal continuum

Complete Deal — Our collaborative approach, tailored to you

Whether you’re looking to grow your current business or transform it, the high-stakes acquisitions market is defined by its complexity and pace. But with a Complete Deal approach, your acquisition journey will define value creation from strategy through post-close value capture. You’ll find an efficient and clear path to competitive, long-lasting success.

The right acquisition should bolster your business strategy and capture value throughout the integration process. And a successful acquisition requires a clear path to actionable levers — underpinned by a strong articulation of a “where to play” and “how to win” strategy.

PwC’s Deals professionals bring industry expertise, data-driven insights, and proven next generation technology. Using tools like Junction — a cloud-enabled single point of connection between your team and our Deals experts — you’ll focus on the deal, not the process. At all phases — from an experience-led strategy assessment and data-driven predictive targeting to deal structuring and due diligence, valuation and integration — we'll help you identify value and craft the acquisition hypothesis that enables better decisions for better outcomes.

The Complete Deal helps form a single source of truth in your acquisition journey to turn complexity into confidence. We’ll help you create value at deal speed, long into tomorrow.

How PwC can help with your M&A journey

With our in-depth experience and proven integrated approach, we can help guide you through each step.

  • Strategy and portfolio assessment
    Portfolio and strategic assessments, deal structuring, digital transformation, pricing and product strategy
  • Business diligence
    Enterprise diligence, including financial and accounting, commercial, tax, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), information technology and cyber risk, operations, insurance and human capital
  • Structuring
    Tax planning, tax structuring and related accounting tax implications
  • Market and target research
    Market and sector analysis and target identification based on investment strategy
  • Closing and dispute support
    Purchase agreement advice, closing statement review and dispute resolution management
  • Financing and accounting
    Financing advisory, purchase accounting, opening balance sheet considerations, pro formas, accounting policy and GAAP alignment and post-close reporting
  • Value creation and strategic consulting
    Value creation plans, shareholder value proposition and deal modeling
  • Integration and performance improvement
    Enterprise and functional integration, roadmap for value capture, organizational design and operational improvement efficiencies

Five areas of integration that successful M&A organizations get right

Integration can be a daunting challenge. Just 14% of the respondents in our 2023 M&A Integration Survey indicated achieving significant success, measured by reporting success across strategic, financial and operational areas.

Our analysis revealed five tendencies companies with successful integrations have compared with companies who have yet to realize holistic integration success.

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“Proactive dealmakers are finding value creation opportunities in a fluid business environment. And companies with the financial flexibility to do deals can transform their organizations by moving closer to customers, leaving challenged sectors and speeding up digital transformation.”

John D. PotterDeals Clients & Markets Leader, PwC US

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US Acquisitions Services Leader, PwC US

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