Mergers & Acquisitions Tax

For organisations and advisers involved in a deal, maximising value is always paramount. PwC has tax specialists able to give expert structuring and financing advice at every stage of the deal cycle.

Our commercially-focused advisers are there to help throughout the process of any transaction that your organisation is involved in:

• Public to private initiative
• Management buy-out/in
• Purchasing or disposing of an asset

Our unrivalled strength and depth of experience allows us to consistently deliver innovative solutions that help add real financial value to transactions.

Potential issues

• Disposition or Acquisition of an asset or company
• Tax due diligence on a deal
• Tax planning to ensure tax-efficient debt servicing and repayment
• Integration of the tax planning with accounting and regulatory requirements
• Optimisation of the tax position of the management team's investment
• Management Incentive Planning
• Carry Structuring
• Modelling tax planning scenarios for a deal
• Floating on the Stock Exchange
• Involvement in a public to private initiative

What we can offer

• Minimise tax costs over the life of a deal
• Optimise tax situation within your structure
• Enable a post-deal structure which ensures tax efficiency
• Access to a strong international network of commercial specialists who deliver thorough, quantitative analysis, rigorous implementation and leading-edge structuring techniques
• First class advice across the whole of your private equity portfolio

Our services include

• Mergers and acquisitions tax services
• Tax for private equity funding deals and setting up funds
• Tax advice relating to Initial Public Offerings
• Private Finance Initiative tax advice
• Tax advice for management involved in deals