M&A Advisory

Our team advises public corporations, financial sponsors, family-owned businesses and other private companies in middle-market buy side and sell side M&A transactions globally, with dedicated teams situated in the UK, Ireland, Germany, U.S., Canada and China. Duff & Phelps has deep experience in buy side and sell side engagements, capital raising, transaction advisory services and financial sponsor coverage. Clients choose us for our:

• Senior staff engagement throughout every transaction
• Experience, including more than 300 M&A transactions in the past five years 
• Track record of exceeding or meeting preliminary valuation ranges 89.8% of the time in our last 50 transactions
• Global reach across the UK, Ireland, Germany, U.S., Canada and China
• Dedicated industry expertise
• Financial Sponsor coverage and access to the global private equity community
• Breadth of in-house corporate finance and financial advisory services, which significantly enhance our M&A processes and outcomes for our clients.

(Source: ^1.Thomson Financial Securities Data (U.S. deals $50M < $150M, including deals without a disclosed value). Full years 2014 through 2018.)

View Our Recent UK Transactions

• Sale of Pirtek Europe to PNC Riverach Capital
• Sale of Great Rail Journeys to Duke Street
• Sale of Hydro International to Agilitas
• Sale of Leyland SDM to Grafton Group
• Acquisition of Barrhead Travel by Travel Leaders Group
• Minority Investment in Independent Forgings and Alloys by BGF

Dedicated M&A Industry Practices

Duff & Phelps’ cross border transaction teams combine local, industry and technical expertise to serve our clients. In the UK, we have robust practices dedicated to five key sectors.