Deal Advisory

As a pragmatic, commercially focused and highly experienced team, BDO Corporate Finance can provide excellent advice to you through the wide suite of services we offer.

Our team gives full, wide-ranging support to clients, helping them achieve corporate objectives and grow shareholder and personal wealth.

Partnering our clients for mutual success is what we do and during 2023 BDO globally completed 1,744 deals in more than 50 countries, which placed BDO as the Number 1 Global Financial Advisor in the Q4-2023 Factset league tables and second most active Financial Due Diligence provider globally, Mergermarket 2023 rankings.

BDO Deal Advisory is truly Global with 2500 deal advisory employees across the globe and 120 counties provided dedicated deal advisory services.

Our annual deals highlight video showcases BDO’s global M&A strength and showcases some of the top Irish deals overseen by the BDO Ireland Deal Advisory team.

Our areas of expertise

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We advise businesses looking to grow through acquisitions.

Our Mergers and Acquisitions team will research and identify suitable targets, and approach and negotiate on your behalf. The team liaises directly with third parties to ensure we get the best deal for you.

We advise on all aspects of the acquisition process including:

Develop the acquisition strategy
Identify targets
Making the approach
Initial review of business
Heads of agreement
Due diligence
Securing finance (debt/equity)
Negotiation
Completion

For a manager, becoming the owner of the company for which they work can be a highly rewarding experience. However, embarking on this process while continuing to manage the business on a day-to-day basis can be extremely stressful and very demanding.

Our experienced team can negotiate and manage the deal ensuring the best possible completion for the MBO team. Managers involved in this process can take comfort from, and be sure in the knowledge that the process is being managed by highly skilled and experienced professionals, allowing them to focus on their areas of expertise – growing their business.

Our team take a proactive role in an MBO process which includes:

Assessing the opportunity
Independent advice & commitment
Negotiating the deal
Arranging finance
Act as a buffer to management / directors – allow them to run the business as normal
Project manage to completion

Our Sale of Business team focuses on advising you on how to maximise the value of your business on sale.

There is always a market for quality businesses and while it is true that economic conditions should influence your decision to sell, the stage of development and the industry sector you are in are also important factors. Before deciding to sell, assess the current state of the market in order to gauge the most appropriate and profitable time to sell your business.

We can assist and advise on all aspects of the sale process including:

Develop the sale strategy
Preparation of information
Identification and selection of purchaser(s)
Vendor due diligence
Selection of preferred party
Negotiation of sale
Heads of agreement
Legal agreements; and
Taxation considerations/other.

Obtaining a true picture of the underlying business is an important part of both the acquisition process and the post transaction strategy. Our Transaction Services team focuses on establishing the precise reason for the investigation from the outset and works with you in tailoring it to meet your needs.

Due Diligence Reviews

The scope of a due diligence review depends on the transaction and your specific needs. Typically, however, most buyers, investors or lenders are interested in:

understanding the business, its people and its drivers
key risks and opportunities in the business
any potential ‘deal breakers’
issues likely to affect the purchase price or the terms of the transaction
assessing the sustainability of historical earnings
quality of assets
immediate and future tax consequences
potential business synergies associated with the transaction
reliability of financial projections.

We can support you in the following ways:

We can identify the issues important to you and work with you in gaining a clear understanding of their implications
We can enhance your understanding of the target business and therefore increase the likelihood of meeting your objectives
We can offer independent, practical and robust advice that focuses on the key issues allowing you make an informed decision