Transaction Advisory

Delivering strategies to drive value and reduce risk

As you pursue transformative growth, we’ll be there every step of the way with responsive teams and industry-specific experience that will guide you throughout the entire life cycle of a deal. Our holistic approach to transaction advisory services addresses the financial, operational, tax, IT, commercial, strategic, human capital, and cultural issues that are part of a deal. After all, our clients buy and sell companies, not just their earnings. We use cutting-edge technology to provide you with a data-driven approach to every deal, and our integrated team of functional experts provides the insights necessary to minimize risks so you can focus on the future.

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How can we help you?

Our advisory teams tackle challenges alongside you, designing fresh solutions with a balance of scale, skill and service you’ll only find here.

Integrated Due Diligence

We help companies smoothly navigate complex transactions — whether buying, selling, restructuring, or providing capital solutions. From deal strategy... Show more and valuation to evaluating performance issues and identifying strategic alternatives, we assist you with negotiation through signing, closing and beyond. We dive deeply into the human capital, IT and supply chain assets and processes to provide a full picture of costs, growth potential and risks. And we help buyers and sellers validate financial assumptions, potential synergies and areas of concern with an objective evaluation of your models.

Transaction Management

We help you prepare for Day 1 and beyond. Our team helps keep clients from overpaying and overestimating cost synergies. We identify... Show more the risks, validate the value drivers, and recommend integration and separation considerations during diligence to make sure you’re ready to move toward long-term performance. If your transaction involves a carve-out that requires an integration or a separation, we assist you with the transitional services agreements (TSAs), planning and even the post-close management of the project to help make sure the newly configured organization delivers the value and synergies expected. A further benefit of working with Grant Thornton is our “one firm” approach that puts client experience at its center, allowing us to connect our pre-closing insights and findings to expert teams from our large Consulting practice to augment our client’s teams during post-closing value capture if specific technical, process, HR, or other skills are required.

Transaction Structuring and Consulting

We work with you to structure your deal and purchase or sale agreement to drive effective operations while minimizing... Show more tax liability. We understand the complex tax effects of deal structures, and we gather and assess various data inputs and assumptions. We have the experience and technical background to consider inputs including purchase or sale price, enterprise value, tax basis of assets, LLC interests, assumed liabilities, transaction costs and working capital adjustments as we help you create a structure that’s perfectly tailored for your needs whether you’re buying or selling an asset.

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Connect with our Advisory leader

Elliot Findlay

National Managing Principal, Transaction Advisory Services
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

Elliot Findlay is the National Managing Partner of Grant Thornton’s M&A practice. Based in Chicago, Elliot spends time advising Companies and business leaders on all aspects of the transaction lifecycle including growth and strategy initiatives.

Chicago, Illinois

+1 312 602 8447

Industries

Retail & consumer brands
Manufacturing, Transportation & Distribution
Technology, media & telecommunications

Service Experience

Advisory
Transaction advisory

Driving value across acquisitions and divestitures

Delivering strategies to drive value and reduce risk