We help organisations execute successful deals and create value through mergers, acquisitions, disposals and restructuring. We look at businesses holistically through multiple lenses:
Employing a carefully considered, data-driven approach, we identify and capitalise on additional value, collaborating closely with clients and their teams to craft practical solutions and ensure swift, achievable implementation.
Our aim is to unlock tangible and sustainable results tailored to the unique needs of each business, recognising that no two businesses are alike, and therefore, no value creation plan is ever the same.
Our skillset goes above and beyond financial expertise.
Learn moreOur skillset goes above and beyond financial expertise.
Our team consist of a diverse range of professionals, including engineers, economists, lawyers, chartered accountants, finance specialists, political scientists, MBA graduates, as well as individuals holding additional specialist master's and Ph.D. degrees.
We know what untapped value looks like, because we specialise in enabling clients to identify it.
Learn moreWe know what untapped value looks like, because we specialise in enabling clients to identify it.
Over the past decade, we have engaged in global transactions exceeding a total value of $501 billion, with 35% of these involving cross-border deals.
We are a community of problem solvers. We think global and act local.
Learn moreWe are a community of problem solvers. We think global and act local.
With a local team of over 180+ Deals professionals dedicated to Value Creation, we also leverage the skills and support of 20,000 subject matter experts worldwide.
We prioritise recruiting the most skilled and passionate individuals in the industry. Our people, combined with an exceptional team culture, drive us to collectively find intelligent solutions and solve important problems.
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Through buy-side due diligence we gain an understanding of how the target asset or business generates value.
We use deep sector expertise and cross-functional deal capabilities (such as commercial, operational, people and technology) to generate key investment hypotheses and enhance enterprise value post-deal.
We don’t only identify value initiatives before the transaction, but also help implement these initiatives post-deal to realise the value for the new shareholders.
We help clients by identifying initiatives that can enhance the current organisation’s enterprise value upon sale and assist with negotiating the terms and conditions of their sale and purchase agreements while safeguarding their
interests.
We bring a multi-disciplinary team to work closely alongside our clients to implement selected initiatives rapidly, drive execution certainty and realise maximum enterprise value.
We work collaboratively with underperforming businesses to baseline, stabilise, and explore value-enhancing opportunities, considering options like business restructuring, bolt-ons, sale, or divestiture.
Our finance and operations teams collaborate seamlessly with strategy and transaction execution services to ensure the successful and sustainable realisation of value-enhancing opportunities and strategies.
At PwC, Value Creation is not an offering or a solution. Instead, it is a mindset focussed on creating value, shoulder to shoulder with our clients, in moments when it really matters. We look holistically at all aspects of an organisation’s performance to propose opportunities ranging from synergies, operational efficiencies, people matters, technology, tax and sustainability – all performed at deal-speed.
Business restructuring services aren’t just for organisations that are facing a cash or liquidity crisis; they should be considered to mitigate and proactively manage business underperformance. We assist in identifying operational drivers of inefficiency and develop programmes to stabilise, preserve value, drive profitability, and modernise organisations for future growth.
Our Deal Strategy team provides assistance throughout the deal cycle, on both buy and sell-side mandates, helping clients to understand the complex dynamics of market attractiveness of a new sector or geography they wish to enter. This includes performing a comprehensive ESG analysis within a transaction, and the ability to identify and quantify value levers to maximise value in the transaction.
Our Delivering Deal Value service offering provides advice and support on the operational issues arising in M&A transactions (acquisitions, disposals and carve-outs), including legal restructurings – both pre- and post-transaction. Our highly qualified and diversified team works alongside clients to assist in integrating or separating their businesses in a transaction.
Emma Whalley-Hands
Director | Value Preservation & Operational Restructuring, PwC South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 81 871 3804
Robert Beighton
Director | Strategy and ESG in M&A Transactions, PwC South Africa
Tel: +27 (0) 71 383 9919
