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- M&A Advisory
- Fairness and Solvency Opinions
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Transaction Advisory Services
- Comprehensive Due Diligence Solution
- Cash Optimization
- Business Analytics and Data Intelligence
- Financial Due Diligence
- Operations Advisory Services
- Strategy and Commercial Diligence
- Technology/Cyber Due Diligence
- Transaction Structuring and Accounting
- Sell Side / Vendor Due Diligence
- Working Capital Analysis
- Tax Due Diligence/Structuring
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Distressed M&A and Special Situations
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Financial Sponsors Group
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Private Capital Markets – Debt Advisory
Fairness and Solvency Opinions

Duff & Phelps helps boards of directors and special committees formed by boards fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities when considering many corporate transactions.
Our team has particular expertise in situations where advisor independence is paramount and scrutiny is elevated.
Duff & Phelps is a global leader in Fairness Opinions and Special Committee Advisory, ranking #1 for total number of U.S. and global fairness opinions over the past 10 years, according to Thomson Reuters cumulative data from 2011-2020.

Duff & Phelps Ranked #2 for Announced Global Fairness Opinions in the U.S. and Globally in 2020, according to Thomson Reuters’ “Global Mergers & Acquisitions Review - Full Year 2020."
Since 2005, we have provided more than 1,000 fairness opinions (over $425 billion in deal value) for clients contemplating:
- Sell side / buy side mergers & acquisitions
- Spin-offs, split-ups, divestitures
- Going-private transactions
- Related-party transactions

Duff & Phelps has rendered over 950 Solvency Opinions ($4.5 trillion in deal value) related to:
- Dividend recapitalizations
- Debt refinancings
- Intercompany restructurings
- Spin-offs and split-offs
- Duff & Phelps also has dedicated expertise in Commercially Reasonable Debt Opinions and ESOP and ERISA Advisory.

Key Differentiators
- Core Practice: Ranked #1 for Fairness Opinions in the U.S. and globally over the past ten years and is the leading financial advisor for solvency opinions (more than 1,950 fairness and solvency opinions and $4.9 trillion in deal value since 2005)
- Independence: Vast majority of our opinions involve transactions in which Duff & Phelps is not the investment banker
- Analytical Rigor: Comfortable providing opinions in transactions involving minority interests, debt securities and those transactions lacking a market-clearing mechanism