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Transaction services

Protecting value at every stage of your deal

Whether you’re buying, selling, investing or funding a business, you want one thing – the right advisor to support you throughout your deal. Our transaction services team does exactly that.

We give you clear, practical financial, tax and cyber due diligence so you can move forward with confidence and avoid surprises later.

Why the right advisor matters

A deal can move fast. Information can be complex and small issues can quickly turn into big risks.

Our job is to shine a light on what really matters, from the quality of earnings to working capital needs and future cash requirements. We help you understand the underlying performance of the business, so you can negotiate from a position of strength and secure the right outcome.

Our senior-led team supports you and helps drive efficiencies throughout the deal process. We provide more than just due diligence, we consider recommendations for post transaction implementation to make a transaction successful for all parties.

How we help

Buy‑side due diligence

Get a clear view of how the business really performs – not just how it’s presented to you. We highlight risks, identify value drivers, test assumptions and give you practical advice and recommendations you can act on.

Sell‑side due diligence

We help you start your transaction prepared by preparing for buyer questions, address issues early, and provide robust, evidenced financial analysis that supports your sale. Our range of sell-side services includes light-touch vendor assist through to full scope vendor due diligence that can be relied upon by potential buyers and lenders.

Transaction support

Supporting completion, consideration and equity value mechanics as deals progress beyond due diligence. Our team works closely with your legal advisers on financial and taxation SPA matters to ensure appropriate protections are in place.

Tax and cyber due diligence

We connect seamlessly with our specialist tax and cyber teams to give you a complete picture of risk and future exposure.

What our clients say

“PKF Francis Clark were an invaluable support throughout the entire process. They were flexible with ever moving timelines, totally understood our business and what mattered to us and we relied on their technical expertise heavily to guide us through the process.” Sophia Meadows, Finance Director, Bloom & Wild

“The PKF team members demonstrated their willingness to go the extra mile to support us through the transaction, adapting to changing timelines, working efficiently and collaboratively with the management team to minimise disruption to the business’s underlying operations, and bringing a commercial perspective. ” Miles Otway, Partner, Connection Capital

“We are so pleased to have completed and are very excited for our new chapter. Thanks to you, all, for your help throughout our DD, and for being professional and kind individuals to work with. During what is a rather intense process, this made such a positive difference to us – it was a pleasure to work with you all too.” Sasha Jenkins, Head of Finance, Blackdot Solutions

“PKF Francis Clark were appointed to undertake very detailed financial due diligence work on the group. Although this appeared daunting, the team skilfully broke the work into bite-size chunks, which allowed us to fully understand what they needed. Despite a short deadline, they were very patient and thorough and were friendly and professional at all times. ” Mark Norton, Managing Director, Prima Bakeries Group

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