Expert guidance for buying, selling, or merging a business

Buying, selling, gifting or merging a business are significant decisions with long‑term commercial, financial and personal implications. Each transaction requires careful planning, clear analysis and objective advice to protect value and reduce risk.

Moore Ireland’s transaction advisory team supports business owners, investors and management teams through complex transactions across Ireland. We advise at every stage of the deal lifecycle, helping clients make informed decisions based on reliable financial information and robust analysis.

Enabling informed investment decisions

Reducing deal risk

We test financial information and assumptions early to identify issues that could affect value, pricing or deal certainty, helping avoid surprises later in the transaction.

Protecting value through the deal

Our analysis supports negotiations, deal structure and completion decisions, helping clients manage risk and preserve value as the transaction progresses.

Supporting confident decisions

Clear, focused advice helps business owners, management teams and investors make informed decisions at critical points, based on reliable information and realistic outcomes.

Our transaction advisory services

We provide a full suite of transaction advisory services to support growth, restructuring, capital events and exits:

Pre‑deal & deal execution

Pre‑deal evaluation
Bid advisory
Vendor assistance
(Sell‑side transaction support)
Deal negotiation and completion support
Deal structuring and transaction negotiations

Due diligence & post‑deal

Financial due diligence for transactions
Vendor due diligence (sell‑side preparation)
Sell‑side financial due diligence
Tax structuring and tax due diligence for transactions
Post‑deal integration and transaction support

What due diligence typically covers

While every transaction is different, financial and business due diligence commonly includes the following areas:

Financial matters

Analysis of trends in key performance indicators such as turnover, margins, overheads, cash flows, return on capital employed and performance against budget.

Customers and sales

Assessment of customer concentration, revenue dependency and contractual arrangements. This helps identify potential risks to revenue continuity following a transaction.

Employees and management

Review of management structure and key personnel, including employment contracts and potential severance exposures where restructuring may follow completion.

Litigation and contingent liabilities

Identification of any current or pending litigation and consideration of potential financial and non‑financial exposure.

Tax matters

Identification of potential tax exposures and opportunities. Tax due diligence also supports efficient deal structuring to protect shareholder value and reduce future risk.

Why choose Moore Ireland

Clear advice at key decision points

We bring together corporate finance, tax and financial due diligence expertise, working closely with you and your advisers to ensure advice is timely and clearly communicated.

Approach shaped around your transaction

Whether you are acquiring, divesting, raising investment or planning an exit, our approach reflects the size, complexity and objectives of your transaction.

Supporting transactions across Ireland

We support owner‑managed businesses, corporates and investors across Ireland, with experience across a wide range of transaction types.

Contact our transaction advisory team

If you are considering a transaction or would like to understand the risks and opportunities involved, our transaction advisory team would be happy to discuss how we can support you. Contact our team of experts.