Mergers & Acquisitions

Plural has worked on many prominent deals, supporting both corporate clients and private equity funds worldwide on mergers and acquisitions. We help investors to establish a clear view, process with confidence and ultimately create value.

Before or during an investment process, we support clients with best-in-class commercial and strategic due diligence.

Industry expertise allows us to quickly identify the critical issues facing a business or industry and the impact these will have on value. Combined with analytical rigour, customer insight, our work supports critical, high value investment decisions and helps identify value creation opportunities post investment.

The Plural Strategy team has worked on many prominent deals, supporting both corporate clients and private equity funds worldwide on transactions in the £10m to £2bn range.

We support investors across the mergers and acquisitions lifecycle:

Investment opportunity assessment

Market mapping
Industry / target assessment

Deal support

Before or during an investment process, we support clients with best-in-class commercial and strategic due diligence. Plural will directly address key questions that potential investors will have before an investment. Our work also articulates future value creation opportunities for the business. We answer key commercial questions via a range of workstreams including client interviews, market modelling and forecast analysis.

Post-Merger Integration (PMI)

Appointing a PMI specialist provides objectivity and deal momentum, whilst ensuring the business delivers the transaction value drivers without disrupting business as usual. We support our clients with pre-close integration planning, seamless Day One delivery and mapping value-capture and the delivery of synergy targets.

Exit strategy

We also provide vendor due diligence