Naziful Islam

Director - Financial Advisory (Mergers & Acquisitions)
Director - Partner Growth and Firm M&A 

Naz has over 15 year’s of experience supporting business owners and founders, Boards, Executive teams, and key external stakeholders through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions and restructuring engagements. His multi-disciplinary background encompasses the full breadth of the corporate advisory role including buy- and sell-side M&A mandates, strategic reviews, fundraisings, transactional due diligence advisory, and corporate restructuring services.

Naz is known for his expertise in dealing with complex ‘special situation’ engagements, where his wide-ranging experience and exposure to a range of industries and business situations, uniquely positions him to be able to deal with complex issues, understand specific transactional value drivers, and lead commercial negotiations.

Naz also works closely with the CEO, Head of Partner Growth & Firm M&A, and senior leaders within Grant Thornton to identify strategic focus areas and execute on lateral hires and firm M&A transactions to deliver upon the firm’s growth strategy.

Experience

• End‑to‑end execution of buy‑side and sell‑side mandates and capital raisings as lead adviser – pre-transaction planning and target / buyer pool research / identification, preparation of detailed transaction materials, co-ordination of cross‑functional due diligence workstreams, deal negotiations and sale agreement reviews, and support through financial close, including completion accounts preparation and post-completion earn-out calculations.
• Strategic advisory reviews – preparing for sale and succession planning, debt restructuring / refinancing, and investigating accountants’ reviews (distressed businesses).
• Financial due diligence – buy- and sell-side (vendor) due diligence on M&A transactions, pre-lend reviews, business health checks covering historical and forecast financial performance, financial position, working capital and cash flow reviews.