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Our audit team undertakes the complete range of audits required of Australian accounting laws to help you to help you meet obligations or fulfil best practice procedures.
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Tax

We work with clients at all stages of their business lifecycle – and through all their organisation’s major events – to navigate tax obligations.

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Employment tax
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International tax
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GST, stamp duty & indirect tax
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Innovation Incentives
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Transfer pricing
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Tax digital consulting
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Corporate simplification
We provide corporate simplification and managed wind-down advice to help streamline and further improve your business.
Superannuation and SMSF
Increasingly, Australians are seeing the benefits, advantages and flexibility of taking control of their own superannuation and retirement planning.

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Client Alert Property groups and financing costs: The Charles Apartments tax case

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Risk

We work with clients to implement risk management processes and strategies to reduce risk and identify opportunity to extract commercial value.

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Payroll consulting & Award compliance
Many organisations are grappling with a myriad of employee agreements and obligations, resulting in a wide variety of payments to their people.
Cyber resilience
The spectrum of cyber risks and threats is now so significant that simply addressing cybersecurity on its own isn’t enough.
Internal audit
We provide independent oversight and review of your organisation's control environments to manage key risks, inform good decision-making and improve performance.
Financial crime
Our team helps clients navigate and meet their obligations to mitigate crime as well as develop and implement their risk management strategies.
Consumer Data Right
Consumer Data Right (CDR) aims to provide Australians with more control over how their data is used and disclosed.
Risk management
We enable our clients to achieve their strategic objectives, fulfil their purpose and live their values supported by effective and appropriate risk management.
Controls assurance
In Australia, as with other developed economies, regulatory and market expectations regarding corporate transparency continue to increase.
Governance
Through fit for purpose governance we enable our clients to make the appropriate decisions on a timely basis.
Regulatory compliance
We enable our clients to navigate and meet their regulatory and compliance obligations.

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Forensics

Our forensics team identifies and obtains relevant information, investigates the financial issue at hand and provides a clear, concise, sustainable opinion as...

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Forensic accounting and dispute advisory
Our team advises at all stages of a litigation dispute, taking an independent view while gathering and reviewing evidence and contributing to expert reports.
Investigations
Our licensed forensic investigators with domestic and international experience deliver high quality results in the jurisdictions in which you operate.
Asset tracing investigations
Our team of specialist forensic accountants and investigators have extensive experience in tracing assets and the flow of funds.

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Deals

Our team works with clients on all aspects of their deals to get the transaction done and implement the frameworks for long-term success.

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Mergers and acquisitions
Our mergers and acquisitions specialists guide you through the whole process to get the deal done and lay the groundwork for long-term success.
Acquisition search & strategy
We help clients identify, finance, perform due diligence and execute acquisitions to maximise the growth opportunities of your business.
Selling a business
Our M&A team works with clients to achieve a full or partial sale of their business, to ensure achievement of strategic ambitions and optimal outcomes for stakeholders.
Operational deal services
Our operational deal services team helps to ensure the greatest possible outcome and value is gained through post merger integration or post acquisition integration.
Transaction advisory
Our transaction advisory services support our clients to make informed investment decisions through robust financial due diligence.
ESG Due Diligence
Our ESG due diligence process evaluates a company's environmental, social, and governance factors during the pre-investment phase to determine the overall maturity of the entity, manage potential risks, and identify opportunities.
Business valuations
We use our expertise and unique and in-depth methodology to undertake business valuations to help clients meet strategic goals.
Tax in mergers & acquisition
We provide expert advice for all M&A taxation aspects to ensure you meet all obligations and are optimally positioned.

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Finance and funding

Our finance and funding team works to access sources of finance, present your case to potential funders and negotiate a long-term sustainable relationship.

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Corporate finance
We provide effective and strategic corporate finance services across all stages of investments and transactions so clients can better manage costs and maximise returns.
Debt advisory
We work closely with clients and lenders to provide holistic debt advisory services so you can raise or manage existing debt to meet your strategic goals.
Working capital optimisation
Our proven methodology identifies opportunities to improve your processes and optimise working capital, and we work with to implement changes and monitor their effectiveness.
Capital markets
Our team has significant experience in capital markets and helps across every phase of the IPO process.
Debt and project finance raising
Backed by our experience accessing full range of available funding types, we work with clients to develop and implement capital raising strategies.
Private equity
We provide advice in accessing private equity capital.
Financial modelling
Our financial modelling advisory team provides strategic, economic, financial and valuation advice for project types and sizes.
Payments advisory
We provide merchants-focused payments advice on all aspects of payment processes and technologies.

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Insolvency

Our insolvency teams takes a proactive approach so our clients have access to more business turnaround options and retain the most value for all stakeholders.

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Voluntary administration & DOCA
We help businesses considering or in voluntary administration to achieve best possible outcomes.
Corporate insolvency & liquidation
We help clients facing corporate insolvency to undertake the liquidation process to achieve a fair and orderly company wind up.
Complex and international insolvency
As corporate finance specialists, Grant Thornton can help you with raising equity, listings, corporate structuring and compliance.
Safe Harbour advisory
Our Safe Harbour Advisory helps directors address requirements for Safe Harbour protection and business turnaround.
Bankruptcy and personal insolvency
We help clients make informed choices around bankruptcy and personal insolvency to ensure the best personal and stakeholder outcome.
Creditor advisory services
Our credit advisory services team works provides clients with credit management assistance and credit advice to recapture otherwise lost value.
Small business restructuring process
We provide expert advice and guidance for businesses that may need to enter or are currently in small business restructuring process.
Asset tracing investigations
Our team of specialist forensic accountants and investigators have extensive experience in tracing assets and the flow of funds.

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Restructuring and turnaround

We help clients identify and undertake restructuring and turnaround initiatives to preserve profitability and protect and recover value.

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Independent business reviews
Does your company need a health check? Grant Thornton’s expert team can help you get to the heart of your issues to drive sustainable growth.
Commercial performance
We help clients improve commercial performance, profitability and address challenges after internal or external triggers require a major business model shift.
Safe Harbour advisory
Our Safe Harbour advisory helps directors address requirements for Safe Harbour protection and business turnaround.
Corporate simplification
We provide corporate simplification and managed wind-down advice to help streamline and further improve your business.
Director advisory services
We provide strategic director advisory services in times of business distress to help directors navigate issues and protect their company and themselves from liability.
Debt advisory
We work closely with clients and lenders to provide holistic debt advisory services so you can raise or manage existing debt to meet your strategic goals.

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Business services

We work with private businesses across Australia – and internationals looking to Australia for their investments and operations – on all accounting and...

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Business planning & strategy
Our clients can access business planning and strategy advice through our value add business strategy sessions.
Private business company secretarial services
We provide company secretarial services and expert advice for private businesses on all company secretarial matters.
Outsourced accounting services
We act as a third-party partner to international businesses looking to invest in Australia on your day-to-day finance and accounting needs.
Superannuation and SMSF
We provide SMSF advisory services across all aspects of superannuation and associated tax laws to help you protect and grow your wealth.
Management reporting
We help you build comprehensive management reporting so that you have key insights as your business grows and changes.
Financial reporting
We help with all financial reporting needs, including set up, scaling up, spotting issues and improving efficiency.
Forecasting & budgeting
We help you build and maintain a business forecasting and budgeting model for ongoing insights about your business.
ATO audit support
Our team of experts provide ATO audit support across the whole process to ensure ATO requirements are met.
Family business consulting
Our family business consulting team works with family businesses on running their businesses for continued future success.
Private business taxation and structuring
We help private business leaders efficiently structure their organisation for optimal operation and tax compliance.
Outsourced CFO services
Our outsourced CFO services provide a full suite of CFO, tax and finance services and advice to help clients manage risk, optimise operations and grow.

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Sustainability

Having a considered and informed ESG response has never been more important for all organisations as we are seeing awareness of the elements of ESG continue to...

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ESG, sustainability and climate reporting
There is a growing demand for organisations to provide transparency on their commitment to sustainability and disclosure of the nonfinancial impacts of their business activities. Commonly, the responsibility for sustainability and ESG reporting is landing with CFOs and finance teams, requiring a reassessment of a range of reporting processes and controls.
ESG, sustainability and climate advisory
With the ESG and sustainability landscape continuing to evolve, we are focussed on helping your business to understand what ESG and sustainability represents and the opportunities and challenges it can provide.
ESG, sustainability and climate reporting assurance
As the demand for organisations to prepare information in relation to ESG & sustainability continues to increase, through changes in regulatory requirements or stakeholder expectations, there is a growing need for assurance over the information prepared.
ESG and sustainability due diligence
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations become increasingly pivotal for dealmakers in Australia, it is important for investors to feel confident in assessing transactions through an ESG lens.

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Consulting

Our consulting team supports its clients with hands-on and proactive advice on all aspects of their strategies for sustainable growth.

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Management consulting
Our management consulting services team helps you to plan and implement the right strategy to deliver sustainable growth.
Financial consulting
We provide financial consulting services to keep your business running so you focus on your clients and reaching strategic goals.

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Market services

China practice
The investment opportunities between Australia and China are well established yet, in recent years, have also diversified.
Japan practice
The trading partnership between Japan and Australia is long-standing and increasingly important to both countries’ economies.
India practice
It’s an exciting time for Indian and Australian businesses looking to each jurisdiction as part of their growth ambitions.
Singapore practice
Our Singapore Practice works alongside Singaporean companies to achieve growth through investment and market expansion into Australia.
Vietnam practice
Investment and business opportunities in Vietnam are expanding rapidly, driven by new markets, diverse industries, and Vietnam's growing role in export manufacturing, foreign investment, and strong domestic demand.

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Agribusiness, Food & Beverage

Supporting the growth of ‘Australian Made’ in today’s markets

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Energy & Resources

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Financial Services

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Health & Aged Care

Working alongside health, disability & aged care providers in a challenging environment

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Life Sciences

On track for innovation and growth

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Manufacturing

Supporting the growth of the innovators, the IP generators and the job creators

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Not for Profit

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Professional Services

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Real Estate & Construction

Supporting the sector to respond to economic and social shifts

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Retail & Consumer Products

Our aim is to help you find a better, simpler, more efficient, and more profitable way of doing things to keep your business safe and help you grow.

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Technology, Media & Telecommunications

Exciting, fast paced, innovative and disruptive

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Partner - Financial Advisory
Restructuring Advisory

John is a registered liquidator, chartered accountant and member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association and brings over 20 years’ corporate insolvency, restructuring and advisory experience to the Grant Thornton team.

John has a passion for working with business owners and their advisers in the dynamic mid-market segment and thrives on formulating cost effective performance improvement and business restructure strategies. John’s recent assignments include:

Safe harbour review for an Ag-Tech start-up business. This gave the company time to raise an additional $10M in funding to support ongoing growth.
Viability review of a hospitality group with 4 large venues across NSW and separate chain of franchised fast food businesses in NSW and Canberra. The reviews were conducted to support requests for additional funding.
Voluntary administrator of Tike Property Group, a property development company that delivered more than 60 projects/ 540 new luxury dwellings in the Sunshine Coast region. The engagement saw the company execute a deed of company arrangement to avoid liquidation.
Liquidator of a roller door business operating in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, with turnover of $20M p.a. and 75 staff.

John has significant expertise in assisting businesses in the Franchise, Hospitality & Tourism and Real Estate & Construction industries. John has also recently been involved in assisting businesses in the Agricultural Industry. Additionally, John has experience working in Professional Services, Media & Telecommunications, Education, Energy & Resources, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Not for Profit, Public sector, and Retail & Consumer Products industries.

By his clients, John is seen as an ‘essential advisor’. He is also the NSW lead Partner of Grant Thornton Affinity, which is a member network of professional advisors who rely on each other for support services outside their immediate area of expertise and cross-referral opportunities.

Qualifications

Registered liquidator
Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association
Representative to the ASIC Liaison Committee

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| 5 min read | 15 Feb 2024

Client Alert Healthy eating trends fuel M&A in the Australian food sector

Driven by consumer demand, Australia's food and beverage manufacturing sector has seen a rise in health-focused businesses. Despite market growth, challenges like supply disruptions persist, leading to notable insolvencies in 2023. We've observed a notable increase in interest from over 100 potential acquirers for brands aligned with healthier products. But timing is critical for struggling businesses – early intervention and strategic planning are key.