M&A Advisory

Our capabilities span buy-side and sell-side advisory, comprehensive due diligence, fairness opinions, valuation, compliance, disputes, tax, restructuring and real estate considerations, 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 Canada, UK, 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 275 M&A transactions in the past five years and #4 ranking for U.S. middle-market transactions over the past 10 years¹;
• Global reach, including dedicated M&A professionals in the U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, Ireland, France and China;
• 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.

(Source: ^1.Thomson Financial Securities Data (U.S. deals $15M < $170M, including deals without a disclosed value). Full years 2010 through 2019.)

Dedicated M&A Industry Practices

Duff & Phelps’ cross border transaction teams combine local, industry and technical expertise to serve our clients. We have robust practices dedicated to seven key sectors.