Faster market entry, stronger cash flow, improved deal value

Deals Strategy and Value Creation

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Overview

Invest, grow, or divest—shaping portfolio strategies that drive long-term value

Move at deal speed with integrated diligence and value creation capabilities. We deliver commercial and operational insights to assess assumptions, uncover risks, and identify opportunities—so you can build actionable plans before close and execute them post-close. We’ll help drive your transformation to accelerate value creation, including go-to-market, pricing, and new market entry, powered by data, analytics, and AI.


Market trends

100+

Highly specialized knowledge across more than 100 subsectors in five core industries.

25%

EBITDA uplift achieved for a consumer markets company through surgical pricing actions.

50-70%

Incremental EBITDA improvement opportunities identified for a private equity client.


Capabilities

Commercial Diligence

Make confident investment decisions with investor-grade commercial diligence. We assess target markets, competitive positioning and growth potential through deep analysis of front-office operations, go-to-market strategy, pricing and revenue optimization. Our sector-focused, decision-ready insights assess your investment thesis, quantify upside and identify risks—so you can act quickly and execute with confidence.

Operations and Analytics Diligence

Unlock value with connected insights across strategy, operations, technology and financials. We collaborate with your M&A team to turn strategy into measurable results—identifying efficiencies, capturing commercial upside and strengthening execution. Through integrated operational and financial diligence, we assess cost structures, supply chains and risk so you can uncover hidden value drivers and benefit from faster, more actionable insights.

AI and Technology Diligence

Capture the value of AI—quickly and responsibly. We help investors and portfolio companies accelerate adoption while managing disruption risk, combining strategic, technical and operational expertise with proven frameworks built from hundreds of engagements. Through digital and analytics-driven commercial excellence, we harness technology, data and automation to enhance performance and drive measurable results.

Contract Analytics

We support your organization through complex stages of the deal by collecting and analyzing contracts to identify risks, drive synergies across customer and supplier landscapes and support business continuity at close. We accelerate insights throughout the transaction process so you can focus on priorities while we surface value and risk across the contract base.

ESG Due Diligence

Embed sustainability into your deal strategy. Our ESG due diligence focuses on the issues most relevant to the target, stakeholders and broader societal impact. We identify risks and value creation opportunities, delivering practical recommendations—from red flag reviews under tight timelines to holistic ESG diligence—so you can strengthen investment outcomes.


Insights


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Manoj Mahenthiran

Manoj Mahenthiran

Deals Strategy and Value Creation Leader, PwC US

Claire Love

Claire Love

Deals Strategy Principal, PwC US

Tyler Mihaila

Tyler Mihaila

Partner, Deals, PwC US

Kevin Desai

Kevin Desai

US and Mexico Deals Leader, PwC US

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