We help businesses and organisations of all kinds negotiate risk, improve their performance and realise their potential, across four areas: financial advisory, corporate recovery, risk management, and government and not-for-profit.
Financial advisory
Whether you are looking to make an acquisition, form a strategic alliance, raise or invest capital, or release funds through a sale or restructuring, we help minimise the risks and maximise the returns. We work closely with your management team to understand the current financial situation and design the strategic changes needed for the future.
Valuations
A good business valuation combines quantitative analysis with qualitative analysis of the business, its industry and the economic conditions it operates in. Companies seek valuation advice for strategic decisions, M&A negotiations, corporate governance or regulatory reasons.
- Equity valuation using discounted cash flow analysis
- Equity valuation using the comparable approach
- Market research analysis
- Support in business valuation disputes
- Goodwill and impairment testing for accounts preparation
- Tangible asset valuation
Transaction advisory
Buyers, lenders and sellers must identify the risks and opportunities of the business under consideration. Efficient financial due diligence helps every party take the right decision, and value creation is more likely when the purchaser understands the target well.
- Competitor due diligence: the competitive context of the acquisition, and how competitors may respond
- Target industry due diligence: where the industry is heading
- Operational due diligence: the effort needed to integrate the company, and its capacity to function stand-alone
- Financial due diligence: on- and off-balance-sheet assets and liabilities, critical business drivers and risks, trend analysis and quality of earnings
Restructuring: working capital management
Working directly with management, we help companies stabilise financial performance through extensive analysis of trade relationships and the operating cycle, and a plan that can be executed.
- Cash flow forecasts
- Estimates of working capital needs and ways to meet them
- Feasibility studies
- Exit strategies
Corporate recovery
When a company finds itself in difficulty, it faces a complex set of issues that require technical expertise. We can act for the creditors or for the company, running the procedures needed until the company is deleted from the Trade Register or the creditors reach an agreement with it. When shareholders decide to liquidate voluntarily, we can run the procedure from beginning to end: calling shareholders and creditors, realising the company’s assets and settling its obligations, including all communication with the authorities.
Risk management
Internal audit
Outsourcing of your internal audit function: our team audits on your premises and reports findings and recommendations to management and the Board.
Designing business processes
Designing and formalising business processes so adequate controls mitigate potential risks.
Evaluating business processes
Reviewing your current processes and procedures, with recommendations to make them more effective and efficient.
Risk management function
Setting up a risk management function, or outsourcing it: identifying and measuring risks and how to mitigate them.
Evaluating internal audit
Assessing your existing internal audit function and recommending how it can become more effective.
Government and not-for-profit
We have worked with national governments and international institutions including the European Union, the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), as well as non-governmental organisations, and have carried out numerous grant audits and consulting projects. Our services include financial, systems and project audits, grant certification, internal audit, accounting and general consultancy. See our accreditations.
