Who We Serve

Our Global Transaction Advisory Group's integrated due diligence approach goes beyond traditional quality of earnings analyses and focuses on key value drivers for sponsors and lenders. Our global team has extensive industry knowledge across multiple sectors including, but not limited to, dedicated industry verticals in Healthcare, Software & Technology, Energy & Infrastructure, and Financial Services. Our dedicated industry verticals combine our transaction advisory, operational performance improvement and tax expertise into an integrated approach to help clients gain more insights, make better decisions and execute faster throughout the deal process.

Dedicated Industries We Serve

Healthcare

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Overview

  • A&M's Integrated Healthcare practice combines world-class pre-acquisition financial accounting and operational diligence services with deep healthcare industry and post-acquisition advisory services.
  • A&M's Healthcare Industry Group has over 150 dedicated healthcare industry professionals with deep operational, advisory and financial experience.
  • Our dedicated healthcare Transaction Advisory vertical has over 20 professionals providing financial accounting due diligence to private equity and corporate healthcare clients.

Deep Sector Expertise

  • Physician Practice Management
  • Hospital and Health Systems
  • Long Term Care
  • Payors and Payor Services
  • Home Health and Hospice
  • Behavioral Health
  • Life Sciences
  • Outsourcing
  • Labs and Imaging

Integrated Due Diligence Approach

  • Assists clients in validating investment thesis.
  • Monitor industry trends and translate changes in industry dynamics (reimbursement, product rollout and acceptance, cost structure, etc.)
  • Provides comprehensive suite of complementary services for healthcare acquirers, including:
    • Guidance on complex accounting issues.
    • Transaction tax advice.
    • Healthcare consulting services, including (but not limited to) operational improvement, interim management and strategy development and execution.

Software & Technology

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Overview

  • Dedicated Software & Technology Transaction Advisory vertical with deep sector experience working for private equity and corporates investing in leading technology companies across a variety of industries including communications, logistics, ecommerce, fin tech, education, security, systems management, web-based services and more.
  • Enabled to provide our clients with the ability to quickly identify, diagnose and solve complex financial issues.

Deep Sector Expertise

  • Data Processing & Outsourced Services
  • Systems Software
  • IT Consulting
  • Application Software
  • Financial Technology
  • Payment Processing
  • Healthcare IT
  • Internet Software & Services
  • Learning Management Software (LMS)
  • Security
  • Telecommunications Software
  • Home Entertainment Software

Integrated Due Diligence Approach

  • Revenue Analyses
    • Revenue recognition/customer contract review
    • Renewal rates (ARR, Customer Count, and Up-For-Renewal)
    • Cohorts
    • Bookings to revenue to cash conversion analysis
    • Forecast gap analysis
  • Margin / Cost Analyses
    • Standardized gross margin
    • Customer acquisition costs/magic number
    • Lifetime value
    • Cash EBITDA
  • Operations
    • Systems review
    • Carve-out / standalone cost assessments
    • Synergy assessment

Energy & Infrastructure

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Overview

  • Dedicated Transaction Advisory Energy vertical providing financial accounting due diligence to private equity and corporate energy clients across all significant sectors including upstream, midstream, downstream, energy services, equipment, and mining.
  • Transaction Advisory Energy team also has extensive experience in Infrastructure serving both private equity and corporates investing power generation, utilities, rail, ports, shipping operations and more.
  • Integrated approach combines world-class pre-acquisition financial accounting and operational diligence services with deep energy industry and post-acquisition advisory services.
  • Our integrated team of financial, operational, and advisory professionals rapidly assess the key issues (red flags or deal stoppers), identify areas of judgment and areas where further work is required.

Deep Sector Expertise

  • Upstream
  • Midstream
  • Downstream
  • Energy services
  • Energy equipment
  • Mining
  • Power Generation
  • Alternative Power Producers
  • Utilities
  • Rail
  • Ports
  • Shipping Container
  • Vessel Operations

Integrated Due Diligence Approach

  • Pre-acquisition financial due diligence
  • IPO readiness
  • Financial and potential IPO support
  • Sell-side assistance and data room preparation

Financial Services

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Overview

  • A&M's Global team of more than 250 professionals dedicated to the financial services industry led by 50 Managing Directors located in nine countries.
  • Our dedicated Transaction Advisory Financial Industry Group provides financial accounting due diligence to private equity and corporate energy clients across all significant sectors including asset management, banking, specialty finance, fintech and insurance.
  • Working across practice groups (restructuring, tax, performance improvement, valuation, transaction advisory, disputes and investigations) to leverage A&M’s specialized operational knowledge and expertise to provide actionable domestic and global solutions to our clients.

Deep Sector Expertise

Banking and Specialty Finance
  • Banks
  • Thrifts
  • Industrial Loan Companies
  • Credit Cards
  • Consumer Finance
  • Mortgage Banking
  • Commercial Finance Companies
  • Factoring
  • Leasing
  • Debt Collections
Brokerage & Exchanges
  • Investment Banks
  • Broker / Dealers
  • Stock Exchanges
  • ECNs
  • Trading Support
  • Clearing and Settlement Services
Financial Technology
  • Payment Processing
  • Financial Software & Infrastructure
  • Securities Processing
  • Market Data Services
Investment Management
  • Private Banking & Wealth Management
  • Mutual Fund Managers
  • Institutional Managers
  • Hedge Funds
  • Private Equity Funds
  • Real Estate Funds
  • Fund Administrators
Insurance
  • Life, Health & Annuity
  • Property & Casualty
  • Reinsurance
  • Financial Guaranty (“Monolines”)
  • Excess & Surplus Lines
  • Insurance Brokerage
  • Specialty Insurers
  • Life Settlements
  • Captives

Integrated Due Diligence Approach

  • Pre-acquisition financial due diligence
  • IPO readiness
  • Financial and potential IPO support
  • Sell-side assistance and data room preparation

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SOURCE: ALM VANGUARD: TRANSACTIONS - ACQUISITIONS CONSULTING
JUNE 2019 REPORT

“A&M has adeptly positioned itself across the restructuring and TAS businesses for a counter-cyclical market strategy, and with recent investments in scale and analytics is one of the non-Big Four providers most often mentioned.”

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