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Deals are most often a business-changing milestone in your organisation’s lifecycle and life-changing for individual owners.

As well as creating huge opportunities, deals are highly complex: from deal strategy, understanding value, finding the right counterparty, agreeing terms, managing due diligence, navigating the complex tax implications relating to transactions to integrating successfully or completing a sale of a business.

Grant Thornton’s deals team works with clients on their deals and transactions, guiding you through the financial issues and assembling the right resources, setting the appropriate terms, getting the deal done and designing and implementing the frameworks for long-term success.

Our Deals services

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.

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.

Business valuations

We use our expertise and unique and in-depth methodology to undertake business valuations to help clients meet strategic goals.

Acquisition search & strategy

We help clients identify, finance, perform due diligence and execute acquisitions to maximise the growth opportunities of your business.

Financial modelling

Our financial modelling advisory team provides strategic, economic, financial and valuation advice for project types and sizes.

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.

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.

Tax in mergers & acquisition

We provide expert advice for all M&A taxation aspects to ensure you meet all obligations and are optimally positioned.

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.

Financial modelling

Our financial modelling advisory team provides strategic, economic, financial and valuation advice for project types and sizes.

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.

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.

Transaction advisory

Our transaction advisory services support our clients to make informed investment decisions through robust financial due diligence.

ESG Due Diligence

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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Cameron Bacon

Partner and National Head of Corporate Finance

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February 2024

Grant Thornton congratulates Optimus Group Australia

Grant Thornton are proud to have recently advised our client, Optimus Group Australia on the acquisition of Autocare Services Pty Ltd

The acquisition support, led by Grant Thornton's Chris Dunne, Jared Grima, Ben Napier, Shoko Arakawa and Sally Pace, marks the strategic expansion of Optimus’ Australian business operations.

September 2023

Congratulations to Optimus Group

Our Grant Thornton team are proud to have recently advised our Japanese listed client, Optimus Group on the acquisition of Autopact Pty Ltd and its controlled entities.

The acquisition support, led by Grant Thornton's Partners Jared Grima, Ben Napier, Shoko Arakawa and Chris Dunne, marks the significant expansion of Optimus’ Australian business operations.

November 2022

Congratulations to Innovior

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Innovior, a fast-growing digital transformation consulting business, has been acquired by Probe CX, a market-leading customer experience and digital transformation organisation.

September 2022

Congratulations to IVE

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Listen to Matthew Rowe, Managing Director and CEO of CountPlus Limited, talk about how culture and transparency are key to their growth journey.

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Case study: Sale of Box+Dice

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Client challenge

Founded in Melbourne in 2005, Box+Dice has grown to become one of Australia's most successful real estate customer relationship management companies, servicing over 1,150 offices across Australia and New Zealand. Once Travis Williams,...

The solution

Through initial discussions with Travis, Grant Thornton was able to determine the best way to present the business through the creation of an Information Brief to send to interested parties. Grant Thornton contacted a number of potential...

The outcome

The acquirer, MRI Software, is a global property software company looking to expand their operations in the Asia-Pacific region. From a strategic point of view, the purchase of Box+Dice integrates nicely with their current product...