Strategic M&A Advisory Across the GCC & Beyond

Overview

Mergers and acquisitions are transformative events — and the difference between a value-creating deal and a costly mistake is preparation, expertise, and independent advice. PCG Global provides full-cycle M&A advisory to business owners, corporates, family offices, and private equity sponsors pursuing acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, or restructurings across the UAE, GCC, and South Asia.

Our advisors work with a founder's urgency and a bank's rigour — combining financial, tax, and commercial expertise under one engagement team.

Buy-Side Advisory

For acquirers seeking to grow through acquisition, PCG Global acts as your independent adviser throughout the deal lifecycle.

• Target identification and screening
• Preliminary valuation and deal rationale
• Approach and NDA management
• Financial, tax, and commercial due diligence
• Bid strategy and offer structuring
• SPA and transaction document review (working with legal counsel)
• Completion accounts and closing mechanics
• Post-acquisition integration planning

Sell-Side Advisory

For owners seeking to exit or raise minority capital, we maximise value and manage the process from preparation to completion.

• Business readiness assessment and value enhancement
• Vendor due diligence preparation
• Information memorandum and financial model preparation
• Investor/buyer identification and outreach (GCC, India, global)
• Process management and bid evaluation
• Negotiation support and deal structuring
• Completion and locked-box mechanics

Financial Due Diligence

PCG Global conducts independent financial due diligence for both buyers and sellers, providing comfort on quality of earnings, working capital, net debt, and key financial risks.

• Quality of earnings (QoE) analysis
• Normalised EBITDA and cash flow assessment
• Working capital analysis and peg setting
• Net debt and debt-like items review
• Tax exposure and contingent liability identification
• Financial red flags and deal-breaker identification

Valuation

• DCF, comparable company, and precedent transaction analysis
• Purchase price allocation (PPA) under IFRS 3
• Goodwill impairment testing
• Fairness opinions and independent valuations for board or regulatory purposes

Post-Merger Integration

• 100-day integration planning
• Finance and accounting system integration
• Tax and regulatory consolidation
• Synergy tracking and realisation