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Private Equity

In recent years, private equity players have been doing deals at an unprecedented rate. PE now accounts for one-quarter of all M&A activity and one-third of the IPO market. Greater competition for deal flow plus higher borrowing costs have required private equity to move beyond the traditional playbook of leadership change, across-the-board cuts, and increased financial leverage. Today’s premier financial sponsors invest in fundamental changes to strategy, operations, and organization.

Areas of expertise

With our operational consulting heritage, deep industry knowledge, and breadth and functional expertise, we can affect change and deliver results with the rapid speed that private equity needs, from pre-deal analysis through to due diligence and postmerger integration. Our private equity clients are gaining influence across all geographies and all industry sectors as their advantaged business model makes them natural owners of a wide range of enterprises, from small and medium businesses to the largest blue chip companies.

Service areas

  • Preliminary analysis: We provide our clients with a deep understanding of industry structure, market sizing, and competitive dynamics. We also convert that knowledge into a set of potential geographic and company specific plays. 
  • Due diligence: We offer a standardized due-diligence approach, along with a breadth of available industry experts and a tested leadership assessment to assist firms in testing their investment thesis. 
  • Value realization: We help create shareholder value by providing a broad range of transformation and turnaround offerings, from 100-day plans to 1000-day plans. We also offer turnaround management, recapitalization, and M&A support services. 
  • Exit strategy: We can help to plan for and realize shareholder value maximization and pave the way for a smooth ownership transition, whether it be to a public, financial, or strategic buyer, as well as to carefully investigate alternatives to outright exit, such as partial sales and joint ventures, licensing deals, co-development, and co-marketing alternatives.