With ongoing low economic growth, mergers and acquisitions remain an important way for businesses to reach their strategic ambitions for growth, grow market share or expand geographic footprint or products and services.

As well as offering significant opportunities, mergers and acquisitions are highly complex and risky transactions. From deal strategy and due diligence, to agreeing terms and integrating or selling a business, Grant Thornton goes beyond the normal advisory role to help you overcome those challenges.

We can guide you – whether you are acquiring or divesting – through the financial issues and make sure you assemble the right resources, optimise transaction terms, get the deal done and lay the groundwork for long-term success.

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Grant Thornton’s seamless support, which leverages the full suite of offerings across the firm and our global network, brings real value to the merger and acquisition process, ensuring parties remain informed, processes are completed smoothly and efficiently and optimal outcomes achieved.

Our merger and acquisitions consultants are independent of all debt and equity providers and provide impartial, hands-on strategy and transaction execution advice. We design and execute process and transaction management and ensure timely progress of the various pieces of the strategy.

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Partner & National Head of Corporate Finance
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Case study: Sale of Box+Dice

Client challenge
Client challenge
Client challenge
Founded in Melbourne in 2005, Box+Dice has grown to become one of Australia's most successful real estate customer relationship management companies, servicing over 1,150 offices across Australia and New Zealand. Once Travis Williams, owner and CEO of Box+Dice, decided he was interested in selling the business, he wanted to ensure he received a premium price for his years of hard work, whilst also ensuring Box+Dice and its people would continue to be supported in the future.
The solution
The solution
The solution
Through initial discussions with Travis, Grant Thornton was able to determine the best way to present the business through the creation of an Information Brief to send to interested parties. Grant Thornton contacted a number of potential buyers in the early stages of the process, as part of a targeted buyer list focusing on companies with complementary strategies. Through a series of discussions, a shortlist of buyers was established, with negotiations held with parties to determine the most suitable buyer for Box+Dice. After a period of consideration and negotiation, the most suitable buyer was selected as they best satisfied Travis’ criteria.
The outcome
The outcome
The outcome
The acquirer, MRI Software, is a global property software company looking to expand their operations in the Asia-Pacific region. From a strategic point of view, the purchase of Box+Dice integrates nicely with their current product offering, and will enhance synergies within the company. MRI was able to pay the premium price, and also detail a clear plan of how Box+Dice will be part of MRI’s strategy going forward, and how they intend to continue to support Box+Dice’s product.
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