Deals are most often a business-changing milestone in your organisation’s lifecycle.

A merger or acquisition can be the trigger for a new income stream or diversification, a divestment can see a real turning point in your cash flow.
As well as creating huge opportunities, deals can pose big challenges: from deal strategy, due diligence, understanding your value and navigating the complex tax implications relating to transactions, to agreeing terms, integrating successfully or selling 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 consultants 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, grade, screen, perform due diligence and execute acquisitions to maximise the growth opportunities of your business.

Divestments

Our divestment team works with clients across the entire divestment process 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.

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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Paul Gooley
Partner & National Head of Corporate Finance
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Some of our recent work:

October 2021

Congratulations to Riley Solutions

We are delighted to have acted for Riley Solutions, a leading Australian Cloud Managed Services provider on its sale to NCS Group.

Riley Solutions provides digital transformation, data analytics, managed cloud services and infrastructure modernisation services.

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September 2021

New Forests and AIMCo acquire Lawson Grains

Congratulations to our clients New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo).

Who have reached an agreement with Macquarie Asset Management to acquire Lawson Grains Pty Limited (Lawson Grains).

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August 2021

Congratulations to LCL Pty Ltd

Congratulations to the shareholders of LCL Pty Ltd

One of Australia’s largest suppliers of quality Australian-made brass rod for the plumbing and building sector to Reliance Worldwide Corporation Limited (RWC).

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July 2021

Congratulations to Axis Diagnostic

Congratulations to the shareholders of Axis Diagnostic on their sale to Healius.

Axis is an independent imaging business, with four diagnostic imaging clinics across Queensland. The sale of Axis to one of Australia’s leading healthcare companies, ASX listed Healius, completed on 30 June 2021.

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Client Story - CountPlus Limited

CountPlus Limited is a leading network of professional accounting and advice firms listed on the ASX since 2010.

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

Client Story - CountPlus Limited

Case study: Sale of Box+Dice

Client challenge
Client challenge
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, owner and CEO of Box+Dice, decided he was interested in selling the business, he wanted to ensure he received a premium price for his years of hard work, whilst also ensuring Box+Dice and its people would continue to be supported in the future.
The solution
The solution
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 buyers in the early stages of the process, as part of a targeted buyer list focusing on companies with complementary strategies. Through a series of discussions, a shortlist of buyers was established, with negotiations held with parties to determine the most suitable buyer for Box+Dice. After a period of consideration and negotiation, the most suitable buyer was selected as they best satisfied Travis’ criteria.
The outcome
The outcome
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 offering, and will enhance synergies within the company. MRI was able to pay the premium price, and also detail a clear plan of how Box+Dice will be part of MRI’s strategy going forward, and how they intend to continue to support Box+Dice’s product.
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