Providing specialist, value add advice on the structuring and execution of your deals and corporate transactions.

Our market leading corporate finance team combines technical and commercial acumen, with an unrivalled depth of transactional experience, prior CEO and CFO experience, and a deep understanding of our clients and the market.

We advise across the full suite of Corporate Finance services including:

Our Corporate Finance and Deal Advisory Solutions

Selling a Business

Providing trusted advice and optimising value through a bespoke, high quality sale process.

Due Diligence

If you are buying or selling a business, we provide the essential due diligence and transaction support services

Financial Modelling and Forecasts

Now more than ever, companies depend on models to make critical financial and business decisions. Whether you are raising finance, acquiring or divesting, assessing strategic options or simply planning for the future, you are going to need a forecast and this is likely to come from a financial model.

Energy and Infrastructure

Our dedicated Energy and Infrastructure team provides a range of advisory and transaction support services to help clients assess and maximise their return on investment.

Buying a Business

Supporting businesses and investors to achieve their growth ambitions through strategic acquisition.

Valuations

Providing expert business valuations whatever the need

Raising Debt and Equity Investment

For businesses to operate effectively, the right funding mix is crucial. External finance can support your business’s operations, accelerate growth, and help realise the value built in your business. It is essential for working capital and growth capital, for acquisitions, refinancing and cash outs.

Real Estate

The Northern Irish real estate financing market is constantly evolving and attracting new investors and lenders.

Selling a Business

Providing trusted advice and optimising value through a bespoke, high quality sale process.

Buying a Business

Supporting businesses and investors to achieve their growth ambitions through strategic acquisition.

Due Diligence

If you are buying or selling a business, we provide the essential due diligence and transaction support services

Valuations

Providing expert business valuations whatever the need

Financial Modelling and Forecasts

Now more than ever, companies depend on models to make critical financial and business decisions. Whether you are raising finance, acquiring or divesting, assessing strategic options or simply planning for the future, you are going to need a forecast and this is likely to come from a financial model.

Raising Debt and Equity Investment

For businesses to operate effectively, the right funding mix is crucial. External finance can support your business’s operations, accelerate growth, and help realise the value built in your business. It is essential for working capital and growth capital, for acquisitions, refinancing and cash outs.

Energy and Infrastructure

Our dedicated Energy and Infrastructure team provides a range of advisory and transaction support services to help clients assess and maximise their return on investment.

Real Estate

The Northern Irish real estate financing market is constantly evolving and attracting new investors and lenders.

Why Grant Thornton? 

We remain the leading corporate finance advisor in the market. Our clients are dynamic and ambitious, and to support their growth strategies they require a comprehensive offering from a team with an entrepreneurial culture and background. 

We offer a dedicated team of experienced individuals with an unrivalled track record of successfully executing transactions for corporates, individuals and financial institutions.  We offer an integrated approach, with our corporate finance specialists working seamlessly with tax and other experts to ensure that every angle is covered. Not only that, but uniquely our team has personal experience of acquiring, growing and successfully exiting multiple businesses.

We have an exceptional global reach with Grant Thornton offices in over 140 countries worldwide. Moreover, our network works and we share information on international deal opportunities on a daily basis. We regularly reach out on behalf of our clients who may be considering potential acquisitions or joint venture arrangements overseas, or indeed to identify international investors or buyers.

If you are interested in acquiring a business or selling your business, or exploring your funding options, contact us for a confidential, no-obligation discussion. 

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