
Corporate Finance
- 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
M&A Advisory
Duff & Phelps supports companies and their advisors through every stage of M&A.
Our capabilities span buy-side and sell-side m&a advisory, comprehensive due diligence, fairness and solvency opinions, secondary market advisory services, valuation, compliance, disputes, tax, restructuring and cybersecurity, amongst others.
Leading Middle-Market M&A Advisor
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 regional teams situated in the UK, U.S., Canada, Germany, Ireland, France, China, Brazil and India.

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 400 M&A transactions in the past five years and #5 ranking for U.S. middle-market transactions over the past 10 years1;
(Source: 1.Thomson Financial Securities Data (U.S. deals $10M < $150M, including deals without a disclosed value). Full years 2011 through 2020.)

- Global reach, including dedicated M&A professionals in the U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, Ireland, France, China, Brazil and India;
- Dedicated industry expertise;
- Financial Sponsor coverage and access to the global private equity community; and
- Breadth of in-house corporate finance and financial advisory services, which significantly enhance our M&A processes and outcomes for our clients.
M&A Advisory
Aerospace Defense and Government Services (ADG) M&A
Aerospace Defense and Government Services (ADG) M&ABusiness Services M&A
Business Services M&AConsumer, Leisure and Retail M&A
Consumer, Leisure and Retail M&AEnergy and Mining M&A
Energy and Mining M&AIndustrials M&A
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Other Areas We Can Help

Valuation Services
Objective valuations for financial reporting, tax and management planning purposes.

Strategic Value Advisory
Assistance evaluating strategic alternatives and identifying growth strategies.

Arbitration
Experienced arbitrators and expert witnesses across a wide array of sectors.

M&A Post Acquisition Disputes
Expert consulting and testifying services related to post-acquisition purchase price disputes.

Financial Sponsors Group
Dedicated coverage and access to M&A deal-flow for financial sponsors.

Fairness and Solvency Opinions
Independent opinions for boards of directors and special committees.

Prime Clerk
Complex business services and claims administration.