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Business Restructuring

Our Advisory Business Restructuring (BR) team works with businesses that are facing financial or operational difficulties, or potentially insolvency. Whenever possible, we look to return a business to health and success and work with the management team and other stakeholders to identify the best possible outcome. We have a commercial approach to preserving value, finding efficiencies and improving business performance. Our clients include companies and their directors, domestic and international banks, pension funds, private equity, alternative investment funds and government agencies.

Consulting, Digital and ESG

At BDO, our Consulting practice is a dynamic force - united in purpose and built to deliver transformative solutions across the mid-market, public sector, and large enterprises. We don’t just support businesses; we help them thrive at every stage of their lifecycle. With a multidisciplinary approach, we tackle complexity head-on, crafting tailored strategies that unlock growth, build resilience, and drive meaningful change in an ever evolving world. One Consulting, One Vision Our consulting proposition is built on a shared commitment to excellence, collaboration, and client success. We operate as a single community of consultants, united by a common purpose and empowered by diverse expertise. Whether we’re working with scale-ups or global institutions, our approach is consistent: we listen, we challenge, and we deliver."

Forensic Accounting & Valuations Services

Our Forensic Accounting and Valuations Services (FAVS) is a collaborative, multidisciplinary team which includes lead practitioners in dispute resolution, valuations, M&A forensic advisory, professional negligence, fraud, investigations, financial crime and anti-corruption, competition, economics and forensic technology.
We work with lawyers to provide expert witness and Forensic Technology Services for use in Court and Arbitration, relating to accountancy, economics and damages quantum on high value claims. We work with corporates in a wide variety of contexts to provide advice on valuations, pre- and post- deal advice on transactions, provide investigative services, provide advice on the prevention or detection of fraud, and providing economic advice.
And we work with other parts of BDO to help to protect our firm, help to improve audit quality and to provide our investigative, valuation and economic expertise to the clients and audited entities of other parts of the business.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) team advises entrepreneurs and mid-market clients on selling their businesses and buying other businesses. To do this, we have experienced sector and regional specialists who understand our clients’ business objectives and the industry and markets they work in. We use our high-quality knowledge and expertise to advise, challenge and educate our clients, with the majority of our projects being sell side. We also offer complementary services in Debt Advisory, Growth Advisory, Financial Modelling, Value Creation Services and Commercial Due Diligence to help our clients throughout their growth journey. In addition, we work closely with other streams across the firm, including Advisory TS and Tax, to provide a singular approach to helping our clients succeed.

Transaction Services

The Transaction Services (TS) team helps clients to navigate a transaction, eg buying a business, selling a business, raising debt or equity (including on public markets). We use analytical and investigative skills to enhance our clients understanding of a business ahead of a transaction, supporting our clients to negotiate factors such as the price and deal structure. Our clients include companies, PE houses and banks, and we work with buyers and sellers. The earlier we get involved the more value we can add, for example helping a company to prepare for a sale or fundraising. So, if you have a client that is private equity owned, or with shareholders that want to sell some or all of their business, or want to grow through acquisitions, get in touch.

Risk Advisory Services

Our Risk Advisory Services (RAS) are designed to enable organisations to leverage our innovative methodologies, technology and experienced professionals to most effectively manage their risks.

RAS is a highly collaborative team of specialists supporting clients to better understand their organisations and the challenges they may have to face. We help clients improve their governance, risk and controls structures, across all areas of their business and whatever stage of their journey they are at. We have the skills and know how to make them stronger, more risk aware, and better placed to protect their people and their businesses.

Together we bring multidisciplinary skills to help our clients manage their risks and realise their business strategies and plan for the longer term. Our services cover all the major areas of financial, operational and strategic risk. We offer a full range of internal audit services, enterprise risk management solutions, corporate governance advice, controls design and compliance, commercial management, and projects and change.