Consulting & Professional Services
Consulting, legal and financial services businesses have historically been reliant on the people employed for their customer relationships and service delivery; this reliance was often reflected by lower business valuations and extended consideration periods. Increasingly, additional value is being created with the introduction of automated systems, data gathering through APIs and other digital interfaces which deskill repetitive areas of service delivery and free human resources to provide higher level strategic thinking and decision making.
Consequently international practices are investing heavily in AI and automation to reap its associated efficiency gains; human capital and efficiency will be enhanced by the rapidly developing systems. Though the cost of developing such systems may be high, investment in appropriately targeted automation can generate genuine IP and scalability and will turbocharge valuations and enable exits.
Firms which can develop efficient scalable services and provide insight have become very valuable. This sector is ripe for investment with many funds looking to help firms transform through technology.
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Recent Transactions

Advised on the sale of the business to New York-based J.S. Held
Advised fast-growing ESG consultancy and software provider on partial exit and development capital with funding from Bridges (impact investor), MSCI and Farview

Sale of risk consultancy to New York-based J. S. Held

MessageDirect's acquisition of PHD in Communications Ltd

Debt advisory with funds raised from Clydesdale (now Virgin Money) for acquisitions

Message Direct’s Acquisition of Internet Communications (Services) Limited

Sale of specialist rail sector contractor, Readypower, to Primary Capital via MBO

Assisted CP Plus with acquisitions in its buy and build

Disposal of IT support and distribution business to Denmark's EET Group

Advised vendor on sale to Danwood Ltd - a key feature of this transaction was the value attributed to the in-house software

Disposal via MBO funded by Maven Capital and HSBC

Partial exit and MBO of international analytics and data science consulting business, funded by Mobeus Private Equity

Assisted Tel Aviv-based Tefen in sourcing and completing acquisition of UK consulting business, Severn

Assisted Mobeus in its investment into logistics business Anthony Ward Thomas, Bishops and Aussie Man in a Van

Debt advisory in relation to Barclays replacing outgoing debt syndicate partner

Sale of eDrive Engineering Services Limited to US tech buyer

Advised BGF on its growth capital investment into this fast-growing secure payment business

Natwest-funded MBO of audio-visual equipment supplier, Shooting Partners

Advised shareholders on disposal of travel agency network

Debt advisory to board of AIM-listed international travel group in its negotiations with Barclays

Sale of PAT testing business OCS Group

Advising on the sale of this translation business to Australia’s Appen Ltd

Capital raising for this expanding hotel developer from ESO Capital

Sale of IFA business to Bestinvest

Sale to management

Assisted Tel Aviv-based Tefen in sourcing and completing acquisition of UK consulting business, Erskine

Sale of metal recycling business to market leader, European Metal Recycling

Sale of vehicle leasing company to GKL Leasing

Advised CTI Certification, headquartered in Shenzhen, on its acquisition of CEM International

Advised marketing agency, Crown, on its acquisition of Acclaim

Advised shareholders on the sale of specialist marketing communications agency to competitor, Communique

Advised on AIM fundraise for call centre software provider

Equity raising from Altitude partners for schools travel business